[HPforGrownups] harry potter in general

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 190569

Nerona:
>I know for sure that every character was perfectly formed to fit the 
>story line, but for me I can't understand why JK Rowling killed 
>almost everyone Harry cares or would have cared about, like his 
>parents for a start, then Sirius, then Dumbledore, even his Owl, so 
>I know that at some point she had to kill 1 of these characters but 
>why all of them???

Dave:
You're certainly not alone in believing JKR went overboard in her 
killings.  Yes, Jo, we get the point -- War is hell.  But she could 
have made that point without killing so many, IMO,  I mean, she 
didn't spare a *single* member of the Mauraders' generation!  And to 
think she almost let Lupin and Tonks live and be happy, then changed 
her mind, just to make some point about Teddy being a "happy" orphan, 
in contrast to Harry.

At least she kept her promise -- She said the last book would be a 
"bloodbath", and that's more or less what we got.

But at least she didn't kill off any of the "Sextet" or Hagrid...

Dave