On the subject of not killing Ron or Hermione - she got very close to doing in with Hermione. And I have to admit, I was clawing the edge of my computer chair during that time thinking "Please don't kill her, please don't kill her!"
I know, I'm a big softie.
And I still don't the typing for the embarrassed smiley.
Just a bit more on the deaths... in fact, no, I'll start a new thread specifically for them. Anyone mind? I mean, we've got this thread for overall thoughts, one for Teps answered and unanswered questions, why not one specifically for deaths?