thehpfacts:

In a DVD/BR featurette - The Women of Harry Potter - JKR discusses the similarities between Narcissa & Lily

Rowling: It’s my strong feeling that of the two sisters, Narcissa and Bellatrix, Narcissa is a much more decent person.

Helen McCrory: It’s interesting that Rowling decided to do…

thehpfacts:

Here’s what the article says:

J.K. Rowling has a confession: The Harry Potter series author wanted Ron Weasley dead. And not at the very end, either. She wanted him killed off halfway through the wizard tales.

The writer admitted as much to none other than Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the Harry Potter movies. The actor interviewed the scribe as part of a special feature to the DVD out Nov. 11, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, which leaked early on the Web, the Guardian reported.

In the short, Radcliffe tells Rowling that he was sure one of the three main characters “had to buy it.” That’s when the scribe of the beloved books owns up that Harry’s best friend almost didn’t make it.

She says, “Funnily enough, I planned from the start that none of them would die. Then midway through, which I think is a reflection of the fact that I wasn’t in a very happy place, I started thinking I might polish one of them off. Out of sheer spite.” Thankfully for fans of Weasley, including his love interest, Hermione, J.K. Rowling never followed through with the thought.

You can see the clip of the conversation here.

Others seemed just as relieved. On E! Online, commenters responded to Ron’s brush with a deadly fate. One wrote, “That would be such a horror if Ron got killed.” Another agreed, cataloging the other characters offed: “Killing off Fred, Mad-Eye, Hedwig, Sirius, Albus, Tonks, Lupin were bad enough. If Ron got killed too, it would totally break my heart and depress me forever!!”

For her part, Rowling seemed to be glad to have her darkthoughts out in the open. She added, “It’s a real relief to be able to talk about it all.”

You can watch the video of the conversation at the link above, it’s toward the end of the article. So… what do you guys think?

so in just a few hours it will all be over. i know the books ended a while ago, but we were all able to just hang out a little bit longer thanks to the movies (even if they aren’t nearly as good). but now, there’s only two hours of film left until there’s no more harry potter. and i know a lot of you may laugh, and a lot of you just won’t understand, but to me, this is big. this is 14 years of my life coming to an end. harry potter was my childhood. i played quidditch in the backyard, drew a lightning bolt on my forehead, and stayed up hoping my parents wouldn’t catch me with a flashlight and the books under my covers reading them over and over and over again. 

basically, i’m going to cry tonight and i don’t care who makes fun of me. i love everything about these books and that’s never going to change. thanks j.k rowling. if only i could create something as amazing as you have.

i guess the only thing left is the harry potter world in florida ! (: