Reply #11: I'm thinking, if she cried, it was pobably Lupin. [View All]

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Part of the hero's quest is to have everything, or near everything, pulled from the hero, so I imagine Rowling already had planned to off Hedwig.

Dobbie doesn't really seem to be in the wrong spot at the wrong time in a way that would surprise Rowling - his death seems rather intentional.

Fred I think was planned, since he was part of a pair, and thus one of them is disposable, and he filled an essential niche in the long trail of people injured/dead because of protecting Harry, so that Voldemort could taunt him even more.

Tonks wasn't a major enough character to cry over.

Mad-Eye and Snape I'm pretty sure were intentional. Certainly Snape was, but I think Rowling also knew that Mad-Eye had to taken out to make things more difficult for Harry.

So, my guess is Lupin.