Rowling: Two 'Potter' Characters Will Die

http://www.comcast.net ^ | 6 26 06 | Associated Press

[redheadtoo]

Well, it sure didn't help Arthur Conan Doyle....he HAD to bring Sherlock back from the grave. :-)

I logged onto this thread just for the purpose of expressing that very thought. Guess you beat me to it.

I must be satisfied with pointing out that Rowlings's novels are fantasy and in Fantasy and Science Fiction, no one who has died, must actually stay dead.

[CholeraJoe]

Harry has to kill Snape as revenge for Dumbledore. My money's on a Weasley for the other - Ron or Ginny.

[Little Ray]

As long as she doesn't kill Hermione, I'm cool.

[RebelBanker]

Hermione is Rowling's alter ego in the fantasy world. No way an author kills "herself" off.

[retrokitten]

My money is going to Lupin (Wormtail has a sterling silver hand, afterall) and McGonagell (I'm sure I butchered her name). Remember when she yelled to Umbridge (paraphrased), "I'll make sure Harry Potter is an auror if it's the last thing I ever do!"

~Or~

Possibly Draco Malfoy-- just because he's such a little wussy mamma's boy.

[CholeraJoe]

I thought McGonagal was a goner in #5 when she took 4 stunners to the chest.

[null and void]

Amen!!!

[null and void]

Dumbledore's death had nothing to do with the fact that Richard Harris died.

Sez you! ;^P

[mware]

I hope Hagrid makes it through the 7th book, I am afraid he won't.

[CholeraJoe]

I never thought about Hagrid. He just seems indestructible.

[mware]

Yeah but Hagrid would take one for the team.

[retrokitten]

Me too. She's a tough cookie.

[retrokitten]

Yeah, he would. He may go down, but I think he'd make darn sure he took 5 or 6 of their guys down with him.

[Grendel9]

Supposedly, since HPGOF there have
always been clues about the coming story
lines. Because of the many times Harry
has stated that Hogwarts is his HOME,
and having assured Lucius Malfoy that
he, Harry, "will always be at Hogwartz
to guard against future dark forces,"
I've come to see Harry as the destined
Head Master of the school. And I also
don't believe Dumbledore is dead; too
aligned with the Phoenix resurrection
and the Pence Font.

As for the two kids to be killed off,
I'm suggesting Lucius' son Malfoy as one
of them. In "The Half-Blood Prince," we
saw Malfoy making some really strange
choices of action and loyalty. He's
absolutely agog at being chosen by The
Dark Lord as a servant, despite the
attempts of Dumbledore to prevent it.

The other Hogwarts kiddo who is my
candidate for extraction is Neville
Longbottom. Voltemort had used the
Excruciatious Curse on Neville's
parents and they are still locked
up in the Asylum. I anticipate Neville
running afoul of Voltemort in some
kind of revenge scene, with Neville
losing the battle. Again as per clues
in the various books.

[CJ Wolf]

She will kill Kenny, They always do.

[mware]

Yeah but Hagrid would take one for the team.

Shades of Rudy on 24.

[CholeraJoe]

Neville's had a hard life. Both parents tortured into insanity then raised by his strict grandmother. Not good at sports or academics. I don't think JK would kill him.

[N. Theknow]

Well, I'm gonna kill them off because that means there can be no non-author written sequels. So it will end with me, and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."

So there won't be a "Gone with the Wizard?"

[Dominic Harr]

The other Hogwarts kiddo who is my candidate for extraction is Neville Longbottom.

Let's see, isn't the story that Neville was born on the same day as Harry? And the 'prophecy' about "the chosen one" could apply to either Harry or Neville?

I'm guessing that Neville is, in fact, the chosen one. The twist would be incredible.

And agreed, Dumbledore isn't dead for good. The phoenix connection and all seems to foreshadow that.

I'm thinking of what happened in 'Dragonslayer', where the wizard had himself killed on purpose, as a precedent/influence.

[CholeraJoe]

That thought has occurred to me as well.