CHAPDISC: 34, The Forest Again - Hagrid

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 185082

"Jerri&Dan Chase" wrote:
> 
> > I know, that JKR wanted Hagrid alive and present to carry Harry's
"dead" body out of the forest.  But why didn't the spiders kill him? 
And, if they didn't, why didn't the death eaters?  
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> Maybe LV didn't want Hagrid dead. Hagrid is awesome in battle, and
if under Imperius curse, for example, he could be quite an asset :-).
Or maybe LV kept Hagrid alive to use him as a hostage, as someone very
close to Harry.
>
Carol responds:

Or maybe Hagrid was the spiders' reward if they fought on Voldemort's
side. I think he'd deal with them exactly as he did with the werewolves.

Carol, who interpreted it that way on her first reading and still
thinks it makes sense