Book 7 news

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 154413

Tonks wrote:
Alright, deep breath...  She will spare us. Lupin has suffered  
enough, so we will be spared. Maybe it is because Lupin fell in love  
with me, I who was once the "chosen one" (to die) an now spared.  
 
Julie: 
You could be right about Lupin, though as he is the only Maurader
left as a mentor to Harry, I'm not sure JKR would have planned his
death. I tend to think he was always safe. Unless he's ESE!Lupin
of course ;-)
 
Tonks wrote:
Snape will die. Planned all along.???
 
Julie:
Snape's death fits the typical pattern for this type of  story. So he
could be the one who has received a reprieve, if JKR decided to 
depart from the pattern. Or if she became so fond of the character 
that she decided he could have purpose after he's proved himself
DDM and earned his redemption (I vote for this one!). 
 
OTOH, maybe she departed from the pattern with Snape from the
start, and has now changed her mind and is going to kill  him. (Noooo...!)
 
Tonks:
There is just no way to guess this.  Whatever we guess it  will be 
wrong. 
 
Julie:
That's the only real certainty, isn't it? We're certain to be wrong  at
least on some counts!

Tonks:
Options:
Lucius and Narcissa, leaving Draco an  orphan.  Oh, how horrible that 
would be. No, she is not that evil. 
 
Julie:
Not so horrible, really. Draco's an adult now, so he wouldn't be an
orphan in the legal sense. Besides he'll have a Fully Redeemed  
DDM!Snape to stand in as a father figure ;-)


Tonks:
Bella: yes
LV: yes
 
Julie:
I agree with both, and doubt nothing has changed about their fates!
 
Tonks:
Scrimgeour: yes
Firenze: yes
Hagrid: no
Weasleys:  none
Hermione: no
 
Julie:
I agree on Hermione. Scrim and Firenze are minor enough characters
that their deaths aren't so meaningful. I think Hagrid could be one of 
the previously alive who will now perish. And I very much fear at  least
one of the Weasleys will go. Remember, JKR said she couldn't say
anymore because she didn't want hate mail, so someone who dies 
will be someone we really care about, and not just a minor character
like Scrimgeour, Firenze, Trelawney, etc. It'll be someone who is 
painful for Harry, and for us, to lose. :-(
 
Tonks:
Harry:  near death experience, but will live.
Dursley's:  no
 
Julie:
Agreed, though who really cares about the Dursleys one way or the
other ;-)
 
Julie,
who's never believed for a second that Harry will die, and isn't  about
to change now.








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