Who's Gonna Die?

[sidney]

If you haven't heard already, J.K. Rowling has told the media that she's planning on killing off two major characters for the final HP book and quite alot of people are believing that Harry will be one of them. So I was just curious to see what you guys thought. Who do you think will be the two characters that will be killed off? Why?

[Centara Zealon]

My mom sent me a link to an editorial with J.K.R. and she said that for sure she did kill off two characters. She wrote the ending before she even wrote the first book and in the original, apparently she didn't kill off either of the two so she's been making changes to her original plan, lol.

Another thing she said was that she's thinking on killing off Harry that way people can't make a sequel to the book when she finishes it, because you know those writers who love to steal other peoples stories. But, as far as the second person, I have no clue... I just have a strong feeling that Harry will definitely be gone by the end of the book.

[rian]

Hmm. I agree that Harry will die. I mean, who says he can't kill Voldy and then die from injuries? Or someone else might rise up and kill Voldy all on their own. As for the second person killed I'm thinking it's someone close to Harry. And with the whole Ginny love interest he has I want to say her. I have no reasonings other then the fact she would hurt him deeply since he broke up with her to keep her safe and all... It's a hunch, but sometimes they do wonders.

[maeve]

I agree with what's been said about Harry. Not to mention it makes sense - seeing as Voldemort and Harry have that connection now (i.e. Voldemort put a piece of himself into Harry) .. it's highly likely that should Harry kill Voldemort he may die himself. Or the only way to truly kill Voldemort is to kill himself (though suicide is unlikely to appear in a children's book...if it can even still be defined as such).

But from what Cen said, since she's debating killing off Harry, that means she is planning two other character's deaths.

I've always seen Ron as dying somewhere along the line, and I think there's a lot of foreshadowing to that aspect as well...the most obvious being the second task in GoF.

Ginny may be another possibility, but... I doubt it. It doesn't fit with the way Rowling has written so far. There's too much of the fairytale aspect in her writing, meaning, if Harry breaks up with her to protect her then Rowling is unlikely to twist it into her dying anyway. If that makes sense. It's too dark.

People thought Remus might die after Peter got his silver hand ... you know, all the werewolf mysticism.... but the more I think about it the more unlikely that is. The two might have a showdown, but I think it'd be tragically romantic if Remus were the only marauder left at the end. Not to mention he has the thing with Tonks going now. Then again, Rowling has often used symbolism like the whole silver thing, so who knows.

Snape... Snape is a distinct possibility. One of my votes goes to Snape, absolutely completely and definitely. Everything about Snape is so twisted all throughout the books. You never know where you stand with him. He's one of the only 3-dimensional characters in a series that is composed of mostly black-or-white/good-or-evil characters. And as the books have gone on, he has played more and more of an important role. It just seems reasonable that he would die in the end, for some reason or another - Voldemort might kill him, Harry might kill him, he might sacrifice himself to save someone (Draco? Harry? Voldy?).... he just has so many ways to die it'd be strange if he didn't.

Hagrid... slight gut feeling. He's definitely one of the people who would sacrifice himself for Harry in some way....you know, the stereotypical heroic oaf who only wanted to raise his monsters in his peaceful little cabin but got drawn into the war so much bigger than himself.

Draco is another possibility, especially now that he seems to play a bigger role again. In book 5, he seemed more like a plot device, but in book 6 he finally got some more character definition... but it could easily go either way at this point: he could be thrown back into the 'plot device only' box or he could be further developed into a more important role in book 7.

I could go on, Narcissa could go into that list as well... Hermione seems highly unlikely... and... stuff. I'll stop now though. We'll just have to wait and see.

[topangablackstone]

Well, I'm kind of under the impression that Harry will manage to find and destroy all of the Horcruxes, and in turn, eliminate Voldemort. But, as I'm also of the opinion that Harry's scar is the seventh, and final Horcrux, I'm going to assume that he'll have to destroy himself in order to do so.. Then again, I could be totally wrong.

[erin]

Personally, I think that Harry and Voldemort are going to die...I could be wrong though. It would just be a good ending..

[april]

My bet's on Harry too. Pitty, I don't want him to die *sniff*. The other character though... :
There are rumors that Ron or Herms are on the death list, but many more along with them.
Now, I'm not always up to date with the news and such, but I do go every once in a while on MuggleNet.
By accident or fortune, I came across a bunch of articles written by a Lady Lupin. Many were quite interesting, but one was a real shocker.
It said that the book was based on alchemy (more or less), and that the deaths went accordingly to the alchemical phases.
To obtain the philosopher's stone, there must be 3 sequences that must be fulfilled. These are the Black phase, the White phase, and the Read phase.
The author made the connection between the names and the colours. So, Black was Sirius Black, who died in book 5 (well, disappeared). Second, Albus means 'white' in Latin. Albus Dumbledore died in book 6. Rubeus is for Red. So... Rubeus Hagrid?
To ad to this is the information that the actor, R. Coltrane, was asked if he signed the contract for playing in all 7 films. His answer was "Yeah, kind of." Hmm...

[dan]

Alright the six book was all about the Horcrux, and it notes that someone has to die for him to split his soul. Now we already know that Voldemort passed his own power into Harry when he killed off Lilly Potter. Meaning Harry may be the last Horcrux, meaning he must die for Voldemort to fully die. I believe the two charaters that are going to be killed will be Harry and Voldemort.

[luke]

I'm one hundred percent with Daniel on this.

[destiny]

in the next mopvie inst Dunbledor and s.black gonna die?

[luke]

NO, just Sirus

[aurora]

I did think as Daniel did until I thought about the ring horcrux. Dumbledoor destroyed the part of Voldimort's soul, but the ring was left unscathed. Harry is definitely a horcrux. I'm not sure if he'll die because of that though. He'll probably die of some new reason the author thinks up. Hermione and Ron aren't going to die because the are going to get married after the war. Snape will probably die due to him betraying both sides and it biting him in the arse. Another possibility is Draco dieing to save Harry. It would be a really dramatic finish in my opinion. That's just me and my crazy ideas.

[chelly]

I disagree. if any of you remember J.K said that her book ends with 'scar, so harry probably won't die, voldemort will for sure, besides it would be much of a story with the main star gone. Personally I only have a very major hunch that it's Voldemort and Lucuis.

[katierynolds]

I don't see how the word scar means Harry will surive. I pretty much agree with Aurora. I am pretty sure a lot of people from each side will die, though.

[evanmcbain]

Harry is not a Horcrux.

If Harry was a Horcrux then ultimately he would have to destroy himself in order for Voldie to die. Now some may argue that someone else could kill Voldie after Harry bites it, but that is impossible. It says specifically in the prophecy that one must be killed by the hand of the other. This pretty much means that either Harry will kill Voldie, or vice versa. Though I'm betting on Harry killing Voldie considering the strong ties between Arthurian legend and HP. Harry will survive the final battle, but I'm sure it will be at a cost of some sort. Many will die, and I'm sure that once again the death, or deaths, will have a close tie with Harry.