See, the thing about the prophecy is that it could equally work with both of them dying - or both of them surviving if the conflict is to continue. There may well not be a resolution - I mean, who can get rid of evil?
Snape seems to have had it in the surviving stakes. I still think he's going to die protecting Harry to pay back his (unwilling) debt to James, although I'm secretly hoping that he's the one JKR's reprieved!
Ginny's definitely at risk because her loss would probably have more impact on Harry than anything else. I'm sure that once upon a time JKR said that she wasn't planning on killing off Ron or Hermione, but I could be hallucinating, because I've no clue where she might have said that. I do think they'll make it through to the end ok.
Harry - well, I can see the point in him dying. Heck, I've written him dying. It wouldn't surprise me if she did, although the bottom line is that it is a kids book series, and you can't really kill off the hero, especially not when it's from his pov.
Hagrid is a strong possibility, but then so is Peter Pettigrew...
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After her O.W.L.s Hope had managed to persuade her dad to give her a crash course in what he laughingly referred to as “Parseltongue for tourists”. Being in Slytherin, she’d thought it had been the epitome of cool to return to school with such useful snakey phrases as “Can you pass the apple pie, please?” and “Would you be good enough to tell me what time the train to Madrid departs from Platform Two?” . ~ A Pensieve Affair ~ Now being posted...
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