Which death eater killed hedwig

Some deaths hurt more than others, and insert your own most traumatic HP death here. Rowling has stated before that she killed off Hedwig because her death was meant to represent the loss of innocence as Harry grew up and into adulthood and stared down some Death Eaters. As you know, everything quickly turns chaotic during the trip over London, and Hedwig is hit by a Killing Curse probably meant for Hagrid, who was traveling with Harry. The Death Eater who dealt the fatal blow has never been identified, but one Tumblr user seems to have figured out just who was on the other end of the wand.

Were you a Potterhead who cried when Dobby the house elf died? Were you unspeakably angry when — spoiler alert — Snape killed Dumbledore From a Weasley to Tonks and Lupin, there's no ending to tragedy and loss in the books, which makes the victory against Voldemort ultimately bittersweet.

The most recent HP fan theory taking over the Internet is about the demise of our favorite winged creature, Hedwig, and as Enid Smeek would say, it's "nutty as squirrel poo. The theory surfaced on Tumblr , claiming that Snape was actually the Death Eater who killed Hedwig in order to keep the other Death Eaters from identifying Harry as the real one.

The theory is based completely on the first Deathly Hallows movie, instead of the book, rendering it basically useless, but for the fun of talking about Harry Potter , let's break this theory down. In the film, Hedwig soars around the masked Death Eaters who are attacking Harry and Hagrid, trying to peck them, and one of the Death Eaters kills her in her attempt to protect Harry.

It would totally make sense that the murderous Death Eater, whose face is never shown, could have been Snape — except that in the books that's not at all what happens.

In the book, Hagrid and Harry fly over England with Hedwig tucked safely away in her cage — she wasn't flying around protecting Harry. Six of Harry's friend's had taken Pollyjuice potion and transformed into Harry lookalikes, and they were all given cages with stuffed owls, so that Hedwig wouldn't give the real Harry away.

So killing her wouldn't have even been necessary. Now, we all know that J. Rowling has previously explained that Hedwig's death was meant to signify the loss of innocence , but one thing we were tragically deprived of in those explanations was who killed Hedwig. As you no doubt recall, Hedwig's death happens as Harry and the Order attempt to vacate Privet Drive, with six of the crew downing Polyjuice potion and disguising themselves as the "other" Harrys.

This is a fact Potter fans will know based on previous conversations between other characters. With the issue of Harry's iconic owl at the forefront, Jo Marie Walker continues to explain that the Death Eater that kills Hedwig is none other than Snape.