Speculating on the deaths

[Kathryn Lambert]

No: HPFGUIDX 154607

Hi Everyone,
   
  I don't know about you all, but I have been in total panic mode forr the last 24 hours, trying to tell myself that everything will be ok, and Harry will indeed be left standing at the end. However, I've been thinking about it this morning, and I feel like the panic is subsiding.
   
  First of all, every death so far has been necessary and almost inevitable (with the exception of poor Cedric, cause who saw that coming?). So, I feel like JK wouldn't kill people without a clear purpose. This comforts me in many ways. First, I know she would never kill Harry unless she absolutely saw no other way (which the mugglenet folks also believe). And I don't see that killing Harry serves any purpose at all. What would he have gone through all this for, if he was just to die at the hands of LV at the end. Even if he killed LV first, Harry's death would render the whole struggle purposeless. Lily's whole death was to save that baby Harry, and if he died at the age of 17 or 18, what was the point? I feel like it serves no good plot point to kill off the hero. 
   
  Secondly, because JK has never killed anyone without their death serving a real purpose, if Ron, Hagrid, Ginny, or other various Weasleys were to die, I know that it would be horribly sad, but would serve the plot and feel right, like that was the way it was supposed to be. 
   
  One other thing entered my mind, and I believe someone else also brought this up - who says the deaths have to be at the end, in the final battle? Maybe McGonagall dies of old age, maybe Grawp turns on Hagrid, maybe Fred falls down a flight of stairs...not that I want any of that to happen, of course, but maybe all those who are left to ENTER the final battle, make it out alive. Just a thought.
   
  Anyway, as I see it, we have a whole YEAR to freak out about this, and we have so much to look forward to, especially OotP hitting theaters, I say why worry. 

JMHO, Katie