What, Connie, no love for Ron? I figure that at least one of the Weasleys will be offed--Bill's werewolf bite that really wasn't all that bad just doesn't cut it for me. I'm guessing Charlie, just because he's the one we don't know too much about (Percy would be too obvious, and she just can't kill off one of the twins!). Also, at least one of the "bad" guys, either Snape or Malfoy (Malfoy Sr. is so toast, but Jr. might get it as well). Also, either Neville becomes a hero or martyr, depending on if Rowling lets him live or not. Gosh, I didn't realize I was expecting so much death and destruction!
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
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Kathy A - Jun 26, 2006 4:52:58 pm PDT #716 of 28095
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2006 5:12:20 pm PDT #717 of 28095
brillig
Hermoine has much going for her, as well.
I figure Snape's on the list.
Jon B. - Jun 26, 2006 5:39:23 pm PDT #718 of 28095
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I can definitely see Neville going out in a blaze of glory.
ChiKat - Jun 26, 2006 5:50:49 pm PDT #719 of 28095
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
If Neville dies, I will cry. I have a soft spot for that boy.
Mr. Broom - Jun 26, 2006 6:59:02 pm PDT #720 of 28095
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Anyone feel like she didn't kill nearly enough people in Book VI?
DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2006 7:09:26 pm PDT #721 of 28095
Woe to the fucking wicked.
t raises hand
Especially as there's so much oddness around Dumbledore.
She has A LOT to wrap up in VII
billytea - Jun 26, 2006 7:12:31 pm PDT #722 of 28095
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
She has A LOT to wrap up in VII
And with her penchant for novella-length offerings, how will she ever get it done??
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2006 7:13:21 pm PDT #723 of 28095
brillig
If Draco dies, I'll be annoyed, and not just 'cause I love his nasty-assed self. It's the easy out--"I can only redeem myself by dying in the cause of truth and right." It's a good argument against Snape, but Snape dying in Harry's cause will inflict the most angst on Harry.
Neville? I think he's a duck in the shooting gallery. There's the whole slew of second tier folk--Pansy, the Patils, Seamus--that are up for grabs.
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2006 7:20:41 pm PDT #724 of 28095
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did Rowling just say that someone will die? Because that's been happening every book now since Book Four. If that's all it is, I can stop avoiding it.
If it's something more specific than that, I don't want to know.
DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2006 7:24:11 pm PDT #725 of 28095
Woe to the fucking wicked.
bt, I was more worried about the lack of wrapping up anything in VI
P-C, it's a specific body count.