Dr Neil shuddered for ONE of them (Was: Who dies?)

[Maria Vaerewyck]

No: HPFGUIDX 154631


> Aussie:
> Don't miss the next few lines of the interview:-
> 
> "R: We don't care about extras. You told your husband, obviously. 
> You confided in him all things, and you told him. 
> 
> JK: Well, not everything, that would be reckless. 
> 
> R: Well, yes, let's be honest: that would be stupid. But you did 
> tell him which ones were up for the chop. Apparently he shuddered 
> and said, "Oh no, not that one." 
> 
> JK: He did on one of them, yeah." 
> 
> That bit of the interview seems that if Dr Neil reacted strongly 
to 
> one of the two that die, they are not a pair like Fred and George 
> (or why would he hear "Fred and George" -and recact like "NO!, not 
> George, anyone but George - Fred is ok, but Not George!")
> 
> They could be separate killings and non-connected.
> 
> Who does Dr Neil like in the characters? 
> 
> I am reluctant to say it, but I think Ron's death would have the 
> greatest effect at bringing others together to fight.

maria8162001 here:

This came back to my mind lately, does anybody still remember the 
first main character JKR chopped off in book 7. One of the character 
that she killed was not a new news to us. Remember a few months ago 
when she gave an interview(I can't remember which) she mentioned 
that she just killed one of the main characters in HP and her 
husband shuddered when he saw her doing that and he said, "no, not 
that one". And JKR mentioned in that interview that a lot of 
children's going to cry or brokenhearted and would hate her for 
doing that. So one of the chopped off character is definitely not a 
new one, one which she decided to chopped off at the beginning of 
this year. IMO, this main character that the children love and would 
hate JKR for chopping him/her off in book 7 could be one of these; 
Ron, Hermione,Neville, Ginny, Molly, Arthur, Lupin, Mcgonagall, 
Hagrid, Petunia, Percy?
I didn't include Harry, Draco & Snape because, I don't think she's 
going to kill Harry,IMO of course. And she's not going to kill Snape 
and Draco because it's  already a given by the end of HBP that we 
expect one of them to die in book 7 because of the UV and for 
killing DD. IMO, JKR would not kill any character that is so obvious 
to die or we expect to die in the next book. Like what she said she 
love to pull the wool over her reader's eyes. Now if she kill snape 
or Draco we would all say, oh yeah, we saw that coming.So where's 
the thrill on that on JKR's part if she kill those we expect to die 
in book 7 because it was so obvious in book 6? Purely my opinion of 
course base on all the HP books we read(This would be a good news 
for the Snape fans:-).). We didn't expect Sirius to die by the end 
of book 4 and we also didn't expect DD to die by the end of book 5.
I also didn't include dudley and Vernon because I don't think the 
younger /children readers are that fond of them so there would be 
not much tears shed for them the way JKR expect her younger readers 
to hate her about the first character she chopped off in book 7. 
Luna, and the other proffessors not so as well.
On the other hand I include aunt Petunia because in book 5 she 
started to show her feelings to Harry even just for a brief moments 
before vernon interrupted their unspoken connection. If she dies 
protecting Harry and Dudley, a lot of young readers would cry for 
that and will surely hate JKR, IMO. 
The second death maybe also one of the main characters which include 
Tonks,Trelawney, other professors, Luna, Dean, Gran, Mrs.Figs,Filch, 
What do you think, any thoughts?