[HPFGU-OTChatter] OOP: on "seeing death" (was Re: main list survival strategy)
Terry James
terryljames at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 2 20:04:00 UTC 2003
>From: "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk>
>I think that this is probably what JKR was thinking when she planned
>to put the Thestrals after the death of Cedric; that 'to see death'
>is to experience the death of someone you know, and to understand
>that they are never, ever coming back.
>
>Though someday you might go to meet them.
>
>Pip!Squeak
>
Well, there's a happy thought. :)
One of the best statements describing death that I've ever read was actually
in a HP fanfic, Draco Sinister (c) (tm) (Rx) by Cassandra Claire (where are
those TTT VSDs, Cassie?!). Here's an excerpt:
"There in the broken house, choking on poisonous dust, Sirius put his face
down on James shoulder and cried, a crying too awful and too profound to
produce any tears. He whispered under his breath as he cried, asked James to
come back, to please come back. If James had lived, he would, however far
away he might have been, have returned to Sirius had his friend so
desperately called for him. But the dead are selfish and reluctant
travelers. They do not come back, no matter how much they are needed, no
matter how greatly they are missed. No matter if their loss can be survived
by those who are left behind."
Terry LJ
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