birthday

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 154594

> Tonks:
> It is a theory that folks here have suggested associated with the
> birthday greeting on Rowlings website. The idea is that if she was
> going to kill them off she would not wish them a Happy Birthday in 2005
> or 2006, because they would have died in the books before that year.
>

Ken:

Except that since she has just said she's killed off two that she
didn't originally intend to kill, everyone on the list is at risk
again, even if the theory was true. There is likely to be another year
before book 7 is released so nearly everyone's birthday should come up
one more time. Even so I doubt she would be so transparent as to
remove the two recently deceased characters from the birthday greeting
list.

She is being such a tease about this. I can understand her not wanting
to spoil anything for those many fans who don't want spoilers. I have
to agree with those who have said it would be better to just smile and
say nothing when asked for spoilers though. She likes to say that
Hermione is based on herself as a child. This taunting of her readers
in this fashion makes it seem like Snape is based on herself as an adult.

Ken