Please don't let it be Severus! Please don't let it be Severus! Please don't let it be Severus!... But I couldn't give a rat's ass about anybody else. SO yeah! As long as it's not Severus (and that he's not evil) Rowling can practice her marksmanship on just about anybody else.
"One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die."
This could be bad news, but it could also be very good news. We'll just see.