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Any bets on who she killed off in the novel?
Some questions:
That's one thing that's always struck me about these 'childrens books'. They're actually quite dark in places, and it gets darker as they progress...
Nick
So yeah, if ya wanna tug on heartstrings, probably the Weasley or Hagrid.
This is why I don't write kiddo books. I'd work in a truly grusome death ... the sorting hat goes on top of madonna's head ... she's reinvented herself so many times, the hat would start to whirl and then explode into hundreds of cockroach nosewipes.
I'll send you a bill for the tissues my girlfriend is going to use while reading the book if you decided to kill Agrid or Ron :)
Leo
Or maybe he just trips in the shower.
j
each book is a little older
Let me know when they are in their 20s and going to wizard grad school or starting their careers as urban yuppies in Middle Earth. (Oops, wrong series!) ;)
1 - Neville changes himself into a mandrake during potions and kills the whole class with his scream. Harry happens to be sick that day and escapes.
2 - Hagrid reveals his true identity as Lucius Malfoy who is actually Professor Flitwick who in reality is Peeves who is really Harry's father.
3 - Harry finds out that Ron is really the heir of Slytherin, makes up with Draco, and after learning that Neville killed all his friends and his father is a petty ghost, runs off screaming mad into the forest never to be seen again while J.K. Rowling takes her millions and retires in Bermuda.
I'm not going to get too worked up over who dies in this book. The same hype was in full gear right before the last one came out, "One of Harry's close friends will die!" Then it turned out to be a character we hardly knew. That's my two cents on that, but yeah, I'll be up early Saturday morning to go get my copy. :)
J.K. Rowling takes her millions and retires in Bermuda
Shouldn't that be buys Bermuda?
What got me hooked was when what's his name was peering through "mullioned windows" in the 2nd or 3rd page of the first book. Wow, JKR doesn't write down to kids; she appreciates their curiosity and intelligence and gives them intricately plotted stories with well-rounded characters. Even us muggles can appreciate them.
Seems like Hagrid is the leading contender at 3:2, closely followed by Dumbledore at 2:1. Harry himself is definitely a long shot at 1,000,000,000:1.
4 - Dudley is selected as headmaster of Hogwarts after Dumbledore incinerates himself after sitting on his phoenix.
“Essentially a war has broken out again and when I say the beginning of the deaths, I mean the deaths that are meaningful I suppose to the reader. That in this what I consider to be a major character dies. It was awful to write. It was absolutely awful. And I cried after doing it, or reading it because it had been written already but I rewrote it, and then walked into the kitchen afterwards in tears.
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If anyone reads it this weekend and posts spoilers here, you shall banished from the Order of Webmasters and have all your HTML befuddled.
reads it this weekend and posts spoilers here
I hope it's not Ron or Hermoine (sp?). Dumbledore has played the father figure - how could he go? What about one of the other professors? I can't remember if they're the same after book one. It will be sad. There will be many sad children Sunday morning.
The posties's just been with box that looks like its from amazon i wonder whats inside?
