Book Six spoilers plus a tea plea.

[hackthis_archive]

News Bulletin, Bitches!

JKR has made an announcement regarding Book Six

Is nothing sacred, woman? She better kill somebody that nobody remembers. ::hides Theodore behind her back:: I'm just saying. ::hides Neville in linen closet:: I'm the one who whacks people in this universe, not her! ::hides Dean and Seamus:: She's infringing on my territory! ::hides entire Weasley clan, with the exception of Percy in same room as Crabbe and Goyle::

Oh, d'you think it's Percy? I hope it's not Oliver. Could be Victor. Or Fleur!

Remus has suffered enough, oooooh maybe it's Peter.

My problem with knowing this now, apart from the fact that I didn't want to know any spoilers and the media apparently don't give a fuck, is that now I'm going to be stressed out the entire time I read Book Six, wondering who she'll have whacked.

This sucks, dude.

Would some benevolent soul in the UK be able to pop over to Tescos/Sainsbury's/Waitrose and get me some fruit tea? I have people who normally do this, but one's on holiday and the other, well, he's got memory issues. Nothing with lemon or ginger please. I will reimburse or um, write you something.

Comments

[medie]

If she touches my Remus...or Bill...hell, she better friggin' give back Sirius yet. *is firmly in denial*

You're allowed to kill people cause...y'know, you do it better than she does! :-p

I say sue *evil grin* or set a couple Dementors loose on her or somethin'.

[elrond50.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking it is a Professor. Snape, Dumbledore, or McGonagall come to mind, but I'm not in the know.

[elynrae.livejournal.com]

I can get you tea; I'm shopping tomorrow anyway. Do you have any brand preference/fruit preference? I can't actually think of any brand other than Twinings right now because it's half twelve, but if you can, then.

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

It's a Weasley. It'll be a Weasley.

::looks grim::

Or Draco. Harry's gonna whack Draco at some point. Actually, that begs the question -- do you think she'll have Harry KILL a baddie before Book 7 in warm up for Voldemort? How deep will his post-Sirius personal darkness go?

As long as it's not Dumbledore. I'm petrified of a Kenobi and/or Gandalf thing going on.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

now I'm going to be stressed out the entire time I read Book Six, wondering who she'll have whacked.

How is this different from before?

When we're being rational, we all *know* she's gone to whack at least one named character who people have grown attached to in Book Six. She's escalating, it's a *war*.

Book four: whack Cedric, who had only been in that book.

Book five: whack Sirius, a secondary character we're emotionally attached to, and do it so that some of us can think maybe he's not dead.

. . .

Book seven: it's absolutely certain that she will whack at least one *major* character in the process of defeating Voldemort. Every secondary character can be assumed to be at high risk.

To keep the tension building from 5 to 7, Book 6 *has* to have either the death of one of the older major characters (e.g. Hagrid) or several deaths among secondary characters (e.g. Seamus, Tonks, Goyle).

There was *never* any hope that she wouldn't whack someone in Book 6, so this "spoiler" actually conveys no new information.

Blast!

[barbana.livejournal.com]

I can't read the update... *doesn't have AOL*

[effervescent.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Am I the only one who's not really surprised by this? I think I just sort of presumed that there would be deaths in every book after Cedric. It's a war, after all - and people do die. If she didn't want any deaths to happen, then Cedric wouldn't have died, obviously. I'm concerned about who and all that...but I'm not surprised at all. The only real objections I'll have is if it IS Harry, but that's just a personal wibble of mine >.<

[camillafarfalla.livejournal.com]

now I'm going to be stressed out the entire time I read Book Six, wondering who she'll have whacked.
Jesus, I've never been so stressed reading a book as I was with OotP, waiting to find out - I almost wished I had been spoiled to know who it was, bc then I wouldn't have had that unknowing dread. The night between my two days of reading it was filled with dreams of Hermione or Ron being killed off (though those images disturbed me less than I later felt they should have)... dammit, I don't want to go through that stress again.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Y'know, she said "there will be deaths". She could mean Lucius Malfoy and/or Peter Pettigrew as much as Hagrid or Ron or Dumbledore.


And...I wonder. Why are there so many speculations on Ron's possible demise and almost none on Hermione's? I've yet to come across a prediction that Hermione will buy it in any book (I personally don't think any of the Trio's going to die).

[moireach.livejournal.com]

See, I read that quote on her website ("Yes. Sorry.") and didn't think much of it 'cause she totally doesn't say it's going to be in the sixth book -- only the news is reporting it as such. And, dude, I'd be *way* more shocked if the series ended without any more deaths. :) Which isn't to say that it won't necessarily be in the sixth book, but it's hardly as firm as the quotes that referred to the OotP death, imho.

IF IT IS NEVILLE I KILL THE WORLD. Or Ron. Or Hermione. Maybe it's Grawp!

[resmin.livejournal.com]

My money's on Hagrid. Based solely on the final image of the entire hall clapping for him while the camera panned out and away. Damn Hollywood.

Irrationally, I'd be highly pissed if Fudge died.

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was a problem for me in Book 5. I got hysterical over Mr. Weasley's injuries, because I was sure it was him. Now I will go through the same thing in 6. *pouty*

[rozza.livejournal.com]

She'd snap up Bravest Woman in the World title if she killed off Remus. I don't even want to fucking consider that possibility. It was bad enough when Sirius died.

Truthfully I've believed for some time now that Hagrid will be killed off. Will he be the casualty of book 6? I do not know. But I know that she told Robbie Coltrane all of Hagrid's storylines for the future novels.... I just have a feeling. At least we don't have to wait years upon years to find out, unless the publishing date gets pushed back again.

[scaryemilie.livejournal.com]

can see you've already had an offer of goodness of the tea variety. ah well. i'll always send goodies out to anyone who requests them, so if you ever need anything, just let me know. :)