I had a really hard time trying to keep myself fro crying when I read Remus and Tonks were killed.
And what to say about Fred?? I still can't believe he's dead

Hedwig's death, so early in the book...killed me. Just a bird or not. My heart may have actually skipped a beat. After that happened I kinda figured no one was safe. Yeah, just a bird but still a big deal for me.

Moody's death didn't really hit me as hard as I would have expected if someone had suggested it to me before I read the book.

I cried when Dobby died. Odd. The little elf always did annoy me.

Fred's death probably hit me the hardest. I actually set the book down for the first time in hours when that happened. Poor George. I really am upset that Rowling didn't let us know more of what happened to him.

Snape's...I was surprised at how upset I was. Before the book I never stopped believing Snape was loyal to Dumbledore...but after reading for a bit, I lost a bit of faith in him. But when he died...I was upset.



TONKS AND LUPIN. Was probably the most tragic for me. The way Tonks ran off to find him in battle...and their baby was orphaned. That killed me.

And Voldemort. Obviously, I don't really care that he's gone. Just *LOL* I can't believe the spell Harry used was expelliarmus. I found that amusing...

Hedwig, i couldn't believe she died. I actually read the line a few times to make sure i didn't read it wrongly. x) Eventho she was just a bird and all, i still loved that bird.

Dobby, it was really sad the way she described it and all especially having Harry personally dig up his grave. After all those times Dobby stuck by Harry and always saving him.

Fred's death was pretty shocking. I mean, it's enough with having George with a hole in his ear! Pretty sad knowing there won't be the twins anymore.

Tonks' and Lupin's death was pretty uncalled for. I'm pretty disappointed that she didn't describe it more. I think their death was really unnecessary especially knowing that their baby won't have any parents.

Snape! I was pretty surprised that all this time he was just helping Harry out. I always thought that he was one of the bad ones. And it was really sad knowing that he was in love with Lily all along, and always felt beaten by James. It was really sweet when he asked to look into Harry's eyes who everyone says it resembles his mom's before he died. He was actually a good man after all.

And Bellatrix, i really thought a more important character would kill her, probably Neville or Hermione. Never would've thought Molly would be the one.

well I sobbed like a maniac for Tonks, Lupin, and Fred
and who can forget Dobby!

but I also cried for Colin Creevy, he was always so faithful-if annoying but he always believed in Harry no matter what

So many deaths, so little time (sorry!) But seriously, was it all really necessary? I felt bad and I really didn't think a lot of the deaths were necessary to the plot. Voldemort's death was necessary, probably Bellatrix as well (Neville should have killed her, he was the one who owed her the most.) The Voldemort part was great, I loved the ending, from the time Harry went forward to die everything got really exciting and built up to the best part of all, the part I never saw coming! But, having said that -

I didn't think Lupin and Tonks needed to die, nor Colin Creevey. Tonks and Lupin had just found happiness and they left an orphan in the world, and Colin was just a kid. I certainly didn't think George needed to have his ear cut off, and Fred didn't need to die, either. I loved the twins, and I feel so bad that they won't be around anymore. I am still in shock over this. Dobby didn't need to die, that was so sad, and Hedwig didn't need to die, either. (Gee, the book starts off with this sad event!) And the saddest thing of all - Snape. I knew he was a good guy, his death was awful, sure wish he could have been spared. I figured that Dumbledore's death was set up between him and Dumbledore all along. And of course he loved Lily. That was sad, too. If it weren't for the great ending, this would have been a really depressing book!

Death, is arguably, always needless/pointless. That's the tragedy of it.

Dobby and Fred were the saddest. The part when Dobby says his last words ''Harry Potter'' really made me cry. I had a feeling from the start that Jo would finish of all the Marauders and that is exactly what happened. Poor Moony and Tonks.........

But WHY SNAPE???????? One of my favourite characters. Just when Harry realized he was a good guy.

I was so sad when Fred, Lupin, and Dobby died. I cried so hard for those three deaths. They were some of my favorite characters and it was just sad that they died. Dobby's death was really sad though. He loved Harry so much and Harry did love him too. And how Harry dug his grave by hand. It was cute. Lupin and Fred's deaths I found kind of random. But I guess for Lupin, with his two best friends dead, it was just bound to happen. Snape's death was sad for me too. I've always liked his character a lot. And then he died, and he died a bad death too. That was just kind of horrific. I loved Bellatrix's death. It made me laugh.

every time i read that they're dead, i feel like crying and yelling that they're just stunned. an explanation is here( http://www.snitchseeker.com/deathly-...am-much-48977/ ) in my frist post in this thread

My favorite people died and i didn't even think these people would end up like this!
Tonks
lupin
fred
hedwig
dobby

I sobbed when I read the terrible editing mistake that said Snape died. *sob* And Bellatrix didn't deserve it! She was just trying to kill Ginny.... and...and the Dark Lord.....I can't believe no one cares about him! He was so AWESOME..... but Snape did iti in for me. Even though he's not dead. CHAPTER 32 DOES NOT EXIST!!!

reasons I think these characters were killed off:

Charity Burbage- we never really heard of her before, I think rowling should have mentioned her at least before, but no one's perfect though. This death was just to show what voldemort did to people who stood up for muggles

Hedwig- well Harry almost died then so he should have suffered some loss. Hedwig was something that was constant in Harry's life, and I think her death was also symolizing that something was changing

Alastor "Mad-eye" Moody- I guess this was so the order would have a loss in the first encounter with Voldemort and the death eaters, and he wasnt really too important to the story..

Ted Tonks- to show the danger the muggle borns were in..

Rufus Scrimgeour- important to the plot, with Scrimgeour out of the way Voldemort & DEs could take over

Bathilda Bagshot- So that Nagini could catch Harry.. and also so they couldnt get information out of her, so they had to figure it out themselves.

Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew- possibly my favorite death, he was killed for supporting voldemort, the hand which was a gift killed him for even thinking about helping...still I wonder why he couldnt have just turned into a rat and ran off......

Dobby the House Elf first reallly sad death, I think that Dobby was killed mostly for Harry to feel the greif of losing someone and how much house elves do matter.....

Crabbe- for malfoy to understand what it feels like to lose a friend, and it turned him over to the good side

Colin Creevey- A really random death, I guess just so that some students you know die.

Fred Weasley WAAAAAAh. one of my favorite characters. A Weasley was bound to die, Bur why Fred?? aww. well anyways Fred's death was to show the weasley family be ripped apart. waaah

Fenrir Greyback- hmm I wasn't aware he died.

Remus Lupin
Nymphadora Tonks I put them together because the only reason they were killed off, I think is so that their son can be like Harry.

Severus Snape- one of the most important deaths for many reasons. this shows how horrible Voldemort is even to the person he thought was his most important servant (you'd think if he "Regretted it" he would kill Snape with avada kedavra and make it quick and easy). Snape was living a very tortured life, and probably better off dying. also so he can give Harry the memories...

Harry Potter - well kind of- well he didnt die (in my opinion..) at all because it he was hit with the killing curse, but it wouldnt work since there were two souls in the one body in a way.. so the killing curse just knocked harry out, then Harry had to choose between life or death, but of course if he was truly dead there wouldnt have been a choice.

Nagini- was a horcrux. I love how Neville killed her..

Bellatrix Lestrange- I love how it's mrs weasley who says one of the first swear words in the book, since they were always explained as "something mrs weasley wouldn't say".. well anyways she was killed to avenge Fred...and for mrs weasley to have her limelight!

Tom Marvolo "Voldemort" Riddle "now voldy's gone mouldy so lets have some fun ) well good wins over evil!! I love how harry calls him Tom Riddle, and how when he dies it says "tom riddle fell"

thanks for taking the time to read all this if you did hah...

How could Fred, Lupin and Tonks die????

I saw no reason for Dobby to die. All it accomplished was to show Griphook that Harry was an uncommom wizard. I don't think this motivated him to help Harry. His motivation was to possess the sword. The only reason to kill Hedwig was to get him out of the way so he could not be used to find Harry. I think this could have been handled differently. The other deaths were justifyable to some extent, even Fred. Fred motivated his mother to a higher level and opened a job for Ron. Rufus needed to go. Lupin had no future. Peter deserved it. Snape was a marked man. Bellatrix, enough said. Tonks, I don't know unless it was to open a job for Harry. Moody was predictable, it freed Mundugus for his role in the Horcrux search. Except for LV, the rest were minor. LV had to die for three reasons: 1. It fulfilled the prophecy. 2. It was necessary for closure of the series. 3. It insured Harry would get his own famous wizard card.

Oh I hated Fred dying.. that was one of my favorite characters, and I loved the twins because of there uniqueness, them being so identical and more like two halfs of a whole than two different persons. I already hated that George lost his ear, I loved the twins confusing people so that they never knew who was who. And now Fred dead.. horrible. And it wasn't great that I read an unexpected spoiler too, I had been avoiding anything there was to read about DH, and then, when I least expected it I read something about George, don't remember what it said, just that I instantly knew then that Fred would die. Blimey.

And I thought Lupin and Tonks deaths were horrible too, especially since it was so much like the deaths of Harry's parents. Parents die, child left behind.. that's never pleasant. Luckily Teddy still had his godfather to care for him.

The rest of the deaths.. didn't mean too much for me, they weren't my favourite characters or ones that I had gotten particularly close to.

OMG!! I loved all the characters in the books in different ways. Loved hedwig cause she was the only thing Harry had connected to the wizarding world for such a long time!! When she died i was upset. And dobby???? More tears there esp from the way JK Rowling described Harrys feelings when he died. Fred?????!!!!!! Just no!! I culdnt control my tears when we lost him. How wuld George cope without his other half??? They were the funniest things throughout all the books. Lupin and tonks was sad too, I culdnt believe that. Snape i didnt reli like at all through any of the books. But when I found out why he was so nasty all the time I felt bad about juding him. when I thought that Harry was goin to have to die...I culdnt hnstly cntrol how emotional and upset i was. He is my fave character. But he didnt so that was good!!!

I was thoroughly upset when we learned that Snape really was on Dumbledore's side.. Just goes to show you that you should probably listen to Dumbledore than your own "Snape is evil" mentality. Since we found out that he was Dumbledore's spy, Snape's death was inevitable. Though I did feel bad, because after he killed Dumbledore, I was convinced that Snape was once on Dumbledore's side but went over to the Dark Side out of fear.

As much as Tonks and Lupin were awesome, their deaths aren't all that bad. Now Teddy can grow up just like Harry, but not in a Death Eater world. Nifty, eh?

I cried when Hedwig, Mad-Eye, Lupin, Tonks, Fred, and Harry died (altho i had a feeling that Harry would somehow come back) I cheered when Bellatrix and Voldemort died,
But i litterally BAWLED when Dobby died! his last words were "Harry Potter"! he loved him soooooo much and he was such a hero! he died to save Harry, Ron and Hermione!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sob*

Well, i think fred died to make readers realise "Wow, this is war" the carefree one dies so we think "this isn't some stupd story with no conflit" i think it ws stupid Remus AND Tonks died. too "till death do us part"-ish mad-eyes death was expected.