*jumps on bandwagon*

[lokifan]

OK, so you know that Richard and Judy interview yesterday? Everyone else is speculating about who will die, so...
I bet Hagrid dies. He's so well loved, plus he's very kind to Harry and attempts to protect him; we all know that leads to death (rock on, Professor!)
"One character gets a reprieve." I bet that's Malfoy. He's the last chance for an unpleasant character being redeemed. Stupid boy; he was acting like a child, but I think he's all grown up now.
Anybody else think Ron will die, and Draco survive? Just because there'd be so much irony mileage in the loyal, good best friend dying, and the deeply unpleasant, go-go-Muggle-torture! worst enemy who only just fixes it at the end surviving. (Wow was that a long sentence.) That would feel unfair, and we all know how much Jo likes unfairness (take a bow, Mr Black.)
Yeah. Really all I have to say. I'm bored, you know.

Comments

[i-love-roman.livejournal.com]

umm, hagrid. You could be on it there. JKR is one clever publicity bunny.

[mayushi.livejournal.com]

I can see her killing Hagrid, but I'd be very upset if she does. I love his character, ungainliness and all. I think a lot of characters I adore are going to die:(

Draco's going to be redeemed, alright, and survive. He's going to do the goody good thing and help the trio. And he's going to hit on Harry and Ginny's going to be completely forgotten.
Yeah, right. Wishful thinking much?

Seriously, though. I don't think Ron's going to die, because JKR repeatedly stated that the main focus of the series is friendship, and plus it'd be totally lame and too serious a blow to the reader for her to do that. Then again, last-part-of-a-trilogy rules apply here, so I'm not getting any hopes up.

[lokifan]

Hey I didn't say he'd be redeemed! OK, I did, but only because I couldn't think of a better word for it. Frankly I think he's a little shit. He liked watching people do bad stuff but can't handle doing it himself. Plus I think it's taken him this long to actually grow up and realise it's war, not schoolyard rivalry. Harry/Draco is not my OTP.
I know what you mean about Ron; it would seem like such a waste after all the RW/HG aggro. But still, Ron dying and Malfoy surviving would really work for me!!!
*brain explodes*
Never mind, ignore me.

[mayushi.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I wasn't being sarcastic! That'd be MY wishful thinking...H/D is my OTP. *shameless* It'll never happen, but it'd have been nice if it had.

Hey! Draco's only sixteen- kids that age don't usually know the difference between schoolyard rivalry and war. And it's not like he had constant near-brushes with death to make him grow up, like the trio had - he's a spoiled-rotten rich little mama's boy, and I think the only truly horrible thing that ever happened to him is his father's imprisonment. And speaking of, with a father like Lucius Malfoy I don't think anyone could avoid being prejudiced. Parents have a near-limitless influence on their childrens' world views and opinions. Plus, can you imagine child!Draco going up against his father's doctrines? That man is SCARY. Now that Draco's removed from his influence, he has a chance to grow into his own person rather than Lucius II.
*waves 'Go Draco' banner*

Of course it works, plotline-wise. But most of the readers are children, and I think that'd ruin the whole book for them.

[lokifan]

Yeah, I know why he's still a kid. I was just in a bad mood when I wrote that reply to you. And I know exactly what you mean about parental prejudices informing others. One of my best mates became my friend a few years ago; we get on really well and he's very kind. I was shocked to discover he's extremely homophobic; I argue with him if it comes up, but I've accepted it. And it's like what you said; when he talks about it, I swear I can see his father standing behind him.
As for book 7; I don't know. He's probably going to think Voldie's side is winning, so he won't want to leave them now. But I still think he'll help.
It's the holidays for me post-GCSEs, so I re-read the whole series, which is why it's all HP-themed posts. And does anybody else think Regulus Black has a whole lot in common with Draco Malfoy? Seriously: pure-blood, rich, spoilt, Slytherin, never stood up against parents, can't handle the real evil going on. And we all know that Regulus came through. *hopes Draco doesn't die*

Oh, look. You got me started:)

[mayushi.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I was actually thinking about that a couple of days ago. Not about Draco and Regulus, I mean, but Draco and Sirius. I came to the conclusion that they're nearly identical. Draco and Sirius share the same background(as you said, pureblood, spoilt, rich family with highly anti-pureblood opinions), the same sort of domineering parents('cause really, Walburga and Lucius are of the exact same meld), and the same capacity for cruelty- Draco's abuse of Neville is almost parallel to Sirius' abuse of Snape(which would probably make a very interesting point in a discussion of Snape's abuse of Neville, btw).

The difference is that James and Remus were there to counterbalance Sirius' background, and no one is doing that for Draco, even though he must crave it. I mean, he's canonically talented, witty and smart, while the wit of his fellow Slytherins, including his most frequent companions, is usually around the level of a common troll. He must be so thirsty for intelligent conversation!

And, well, there's the fact that Sirius is a bullheaded Gryffindor who rushes headlong into anything and Draco is a cunning Slytherin who would never rush into ANY situation without premeditating, and is still likely to run away screaming like a girl if he does.

I think that had Draco managed to make friends with Harry in Diagon Alley or on the Hogwarts Express, then perhaps he would have been a completely different person. That was impossible, granted, because Harry had a sore spot with Draco's prejudiced speech of how muggleborns shouldn't be included due to being improperly raised(which I'm guessing James didn't have, and maybe Sirius' friendship with Remus helped him overcome that, and here I am digressing again), but had it happened, he would have turned out a lot like Sirius.

Sorry about that. I can literally rant about the parallels between Sirius and Draco for hours on end.