Who dies in 7?

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 146332

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Nina Baker <sweety12783 at y...> 
wrote:
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> Sweety12783:
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>   I think that there will be a lot of deaths:
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>   1. Professor McGongal: She will probably be made headmistress of 
Hogwarts and is one the closest people to Dumbledore. Since 
Dumbledore is dead, there will be no one to protect her.  Plus, in 
book 5 the scene when she gets knock out in that fight involving 
Hagrid and Umbridge was a foreshadowing of whats to come.

Hickengruendler:

IMO, Professor McGonagall is pretty capable of protecting herself. 
Admittingly, she was knocked down in OotP, but by people she thought 
to be defenders of the law, who attacked her without even a warning. 
If she knows, what to expect from her enemies, I think she will made 
their task as difficult as possible. Besides, I can't see the point 
of Hogwarts loosing yet another headmaster.
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>   2. The Weasley Family: Peter Pettigrew knows exactly where they 
are because he lived with them for 12 years. And since Dumbledore's 
dead, Voldermont is free to go after Harry and the first place they 
will look is the Burrow.  And the Weasley may be tortured to get info 
on Harry and his whereabouts and then killed.

Hickengruendler:

Maybe. But there's no way JKR will kill off *all* Weasleys. She said 
all her killings are there for a reason, and killing off the whole 
Weasley family just for shock (or even to show how gruesome the Death 
Eaters are) is not an acceptable reason to me. But she might kill off 
one Weasley member. Most of them don't live in the Burrow anymore, 
anyway. And if it is attacked while Arthur is at work, Ron at the 
Horcrux hunt and Ginny in Hogwarts (which I think will reopen), than 
only Molly would be home and maybe at biggest risk. The reason why I 
don't think so, is because it would be too redudant to kill off yet 
another parental figure for Harry.
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>   3. Professor Trelawney: Well he will try to extract the prophecy 
by force. In the end whe will be worthless and Voldermont will kill 
her.

Hickengruendler:

I agree that she will die, but not before she made her third 
prophecy. I'm sad, because I like her quite a bit, but she is pretty 
high on my "people, who won't see the epilogue" list. IMO she is the 
character, who nedded Dumbledore's protectioon the most. McG is 
capable to defend herself, but Sybill doesn't seem to.
     
>   4. Professor Snape: He can't exactly return to society because he 
killed someone. And because we do not know where his loyalty lies, he 
can either did trying to save Harry or die while supporting 
Voldermont.  Either way he will die.

Hickengruendler:

Yes, I agree. Goodbye Severus. But I think he will die saving Harry. 
  
Sadly, I fear for Neville. I can see him doing something rash after 
learning of the prophecy and/ or dieing heroically. My only hope is, 
that I still think he's the most likely candidate for the classmate, 
who becomes a teacher, otherwise I think he's at risk.