Sirius & deaths

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 34918

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ffimiles" <ffionmiles at h...> wrote:
> In resposne to Sirius being the 'difficult death to write' - do you 
> really think JKR would be that cruel to Harry?  Also, she has said 
> somewehere that Sirius will be declared innocent before the end of 
> the series, so I don't think he'll be dying in book5, or even 6 - 

Really?  Where did that info come from?  I recall seeing someplace 
that someone asked her (the Blue Peter chat thing?) whether Sirius' 
name would be cleared (in the next book? ever?) and her response was 
something like "I can't talk about that - it will give too much [of 
the plot] away."  

Of course, I hope that Sirius will remain among the living at the end 
of the series. And also will not have had an unfortunate encounter 
with a Dementor...

Several months ago someone on the list wrote that s/he thought that 
Sirius would die by the end of the series because at that point Harry 
would be leaving Hogwarts and ready to go out into the world.  I 
can't buy that.  Simply being a 17-year-old doesn't make one adult 
enough to find their way in the world.  Harry has never had the 
benefit of living with any sort of father-figure.  I'd like to see 
Harry living with an adult who cares about him, who can provide him 
with a link with his parents, who has an understanding about the 
trials Harry has already had to live through, and who can provide him 
with some support when he needs it.  To my mind, Sirius is the only 
person who fits the bill.  

Who will die?  Hagrid and at least one Weasley.  And the only reason 
I'm throwing in a Weasley is that there are a bunch of them.  I think 
it would be relatively easy to bump almost any of them off, except 
Ron.  

Marianne