The editor was sobbing

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 "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> wrote:

> I don't believe he really gave much away. 

For the very first time a human being other than JKR has read book 7
and commented on it, and he said he was sobbing, not crying, not
tearing up a little, but sobbing; I believe that has some
significance. As the interviewer said, that must mean a character we
readers love dies, nobody is going to get very choked up if Argus
Filch dies. What character do we readers love above any other?

> That actually bodes well in a lot of ways.

Sounds like whistling past the graveyard to me.

> if Harry dies the price of hit men will
> go through the roof, since JKR will have
> two publishing companies and  a major 
> studio putting out contracts on her

I don't see why, some of the most successful works in literature and
cinema have ended with a dead hero, Hamlet, Oedipus Rex, The 300, and
Titanic.

"rduran1216" rduran1216 at ... Wrote:

> I think its pretty clear that
> Hagrid is going to die.

I would say there is a 40% chance that Hagrid will die and a 80%
chance that Harry will die. I would also say that if Harry lives then
Ginny dies and if Harry dies then Ginny lives; In addition Ron and
Hermione will either both live or both die, they will not be split up.

Eggplant