Jkr Interview, Will she kill Harry? Options

[Drie]

From Cristin:
Speaking of what's new in the world of Happy Potter - did anyone hear the news about what J.K. Rowling has revealed about book 7? If you have, who do you think it will be?

It isn't exactly new information...


JKR said in an interview yesterday that two characters will definitely die in book 7, with the possibility of Harry's demise. Now, as many of us in fandom know, JKR has hinted that she'd do in Harry since probably about PoA, or even sooner. You can read the details here.

[Jerry]

I agree with Jen, above. JKR stated (at least, she is quoted so) "Two die that I didn't intend to die", which would mean that many characters could potentially die, but their deaths were already planned.

So here's my prediction for most of the characters:

I always had the notion that all the "fatherly" characters would have to die, in order for Harry to face Voldemort alone. Therefore, I think JKR would have planned that Sirius, Dumbledore, Hagrid, and Mr. Weasley would die (Not Mrs. Weasley, as she's not exactly 'fatherly'...) from the beginning.

For reasons already stated above by Drie, it would be cruel to take out Ron or Hermione. If one goes, both goes. Then again, I believe that Harry will die, (NOOOOOOOO! ) and taking out the entire trio would be even crueler, so my vote goes to both staying alive.

Using the above logic that "if one goes, both goes", I'd say Tonks will die, as well, seeing that Lupin should die (as hypothesized above).

Bill and Fleur are getting married in the summer. JKR is not doing anything to those two (I hope).

Ginny is connected to Harry; I don't have any reasoning to back it up, but I'll feel she'll stay alive.

Percy will somehow be able to rejoin his family, and stay alive, if he doesn't continue to act like a jerk.

Charlie is complicated, for a different reason. He's not connected to anybody (anybody = important plotline. He's not connected to Harry like Ginny, Ron, or Mr/Mrs. Weasley are; We don't see him almost daily like we see Fred and George; he's not had a row with his family which singled him out, like Percy; he's not marrying anyone, like Bill.) To me, he's the most obscure character of the entire family. For this reason, I'm not sure what JKR would do with him. I personally think he'll stay alive, if only to preserve the rest of the family which remained alive (minus Mr. Weasley).

Peter Pettigrew will get a reprieve somehow. He's the "Gollum" in all this mixture. He will do something that will aid Harry greatly at a great cost to himself (i.e. dying). But again, I think we all knew that was coming, ever since Harry had that conversation with Dumbledore at the end of the third book why it was okay to let him go.

As for Snape, I tried to defend him here. Will he die? My guess is that he will, but that his death had been long coming, and JKR knew it from the start. Also, if my logic in that post is correct, there's no reason for Snape to get a reprieve, since Dumbledore agreed, and even wanted Snape to kill him.

Mad-Eye Moody and McGonagall will stay alive, I think. The only reason I can think of is that the Order needs them to the end, now that Dumbledore's gone. If one of them goes, my guess is Mad-Eye, by Lucius Malfoy.

Voldemort will die. No explanation needed. I believe Harry and his friends will find all the horcruxes whatever and wherever they may be, destroy them, and finish Voldemort for good.


My final guess:

"One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die."

R.A.B. for the reprieve; Dobby and Rufus Scrimgeour for the originally unintended deaths.