Birthday Lists / Re: Who dies in 7?

[nkafkafi]

No: HPFGUIDX 146529


> Potioncat:
> When JKR's site opened and she began to wish happy birthdays to 
> certain characters, the idea was suggested that the ones who received 
> greetings were either 1)good guys or 2)still alive after book 7. So 
> there were certain characters I hoped to see. (Even though we have no 
> real way of knowing how a character earns a greeting.) It's been over 
> a year, so everyone ought to be on it. If there is meaning to getting 
> a greeting there could be meaning to not getting one. 1)not important 
> enough, 2)a baddie 3)will not survive book 7.
> 
> I've not looked to see who is missing. And in this case, the issue 
> isn't, do we know the birthday, but rather, did the person get a 
> greeting?
> 
> Why does this whole idea give me the urge to chew some Droobles Best 
> Blowing Gum?
>

Neri:

Dunno, was that a trick question?

But just to prove I'm useful, I went to:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com.html#Timeline
and ran a search for the word "birthday". These are the characters
that got birthday greetings in JKR's site:

Neville, Harry, Ginny, Percy, Hermione, McGonagall, Flitwick, Molly,
Bill, Hagrid, Charlie, Snape, Arthur, Ron, Lupin, Fred and George,
Sprout, Draco, Dobby.

(every one from Neville to Snape also came up the second time). 

If these are the good guys then both Snape and Lupin are good, but
does this mean DD is ESE?

The theory that these are the characters left alive in the end seems
slightly more fitting. That would mean that no Weasley is going to buy
it. However, Luna seems to be in real danger. I know some members who
wouldn't grieve.  

Or maybe the guys that run JKR's site asked her for a list of
birthdays, and she sent them one but forgot DD and Luna?

Neri