HP/ Spoiler alert - Nothing New Here

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 129489

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, theotokos <theotokos_8679 at s...>
wrote:
> Someone from another unrelated list sent this to me.  Has anyone
here seen this?  I didn't see it in recent posts but sorry if its been
discussed.  Don't click on the article unless you want to see a
*possible* spoiler.
>  
> theotokos
> 
> Betting pattern on the next major character to die in HP, now points  
> to a leak from the publishers.

bboyminn:

I won't say who the character is, but let's face it, at one time or
another, we have all predicted this particular characters death.
Further it is a standard generic fair for this particular character to
die in stories like this. So betting on him/her is the most uninspired
unimaginative bet you could possibly make.

So, now we must ask, is JKR a generic uninspired unimaginitive author?
Or, is she inspired and imaginative enough to come up with some unique
twist on such a tired old theme? 

I suspect what happened is some random bloke was having his coffee at
the local coffee shop and said, I think 'so-and-so' is going to die,
and the mere fact that this person was within 50 miles of the printing
factory set off a stampede to the local betting shop. 

So, predicting the death of this particular character is nothing new,
in fact, it is as old as the books themselves, and predicting the
death of this /type/ of character is centuries old.

Move along folks, nothing to see here.

Steve/bboyminn