Who dies (not Neville)

diznee_baby diznee_baby at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 28 06:41:58 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 154503

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, BrwNeil at ... wrote:


>I  think most people are missing some important points about JKR's
comments.
> First, she never says that only two people will die.  She says that
two  main
> characters (not extras will die) and she is talking about the light
side,
> not Voldemort and his buddies because she uses the term targeted
people.
>
> The question for us to answer is who besides Harry, Ron and
Hermione does
> JKR consider as main characters.
>


Neil,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I'm a newbie here and, after reading the interview with JKR, was just
waiting for someone else to point this out!

The biggest clue, IMO,  that it will be the 'good guys' taking the
hit (so to speak) is her mentioning that, "we're dealing with pure
evil".

Also, if I were the one defining "main characters" (and I know I'm
not ;-))it would be a character that plays a significant role in the
series as a whole, NOT necessarily in the whole series. Dumbledore
and Sirius were both "main characters". Dumbledore having been there
from the beginning and Sirius making his appearance in PoA.

I'd like to throw my hat into the ring and say that Ron doesn't die.
In fact I don't think any of the Weasley children will. My reasoning
is this, JKR has also stated that she felt she had boxed herself in
with some earlier plotlines. I think she might be referring to giving
the Weasley's seven children. After all, isn't seven the most
magically powerful number?

I'd also like to venture a guess as to one of the two that she didn't
originally intend to die. I believe it will be Draco. Not only that,
I think VM will do it himself and in front of Lucius. Somehow just
how evil VM is has to be driven home, to everyone.

DizneeBaby












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