Sirius & deaths

[tanie_05]

No: HPFGUIDX 34950

Marianne wrote:
> 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...

I hope and think so, too. I mean we've known him for two books. We 
had misguided thoughts about him in PoA, then we got to know & love 
him a little more on GoF. I think he might be one of the ones left 
standing while everyone else has fallen in defeat.

> 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.  

Hmmmm...that would be nice. I mean living with someone who actually 
cared about him would be a dream for Harry, but I don't think that'll 
happen. Why? I'll explain, look down....And no, being 17 doesn't make 
you an adult. It depends on your mentality. (I know some 17-year-olds 
who are more immature than I am & I'm 14-going-on-15.:))

> 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.  

Now, here's my chain of thought. I think that either one of the twins 
or Hagrid will die in OoP, but I'm leaning more towards Hagrid. Why? 
I have heard & read too many times about how someone close to Harry 
(who is also a fan) will be killed & how it'll seriously affect him. 
Ok, then let's look over our list of people:

Fred or George: They both adore (well, maybe that's too strong a 
word, but it's the best I got) Harry & he's pretty friendly with 
them. But if one of them dies, it'll also affect Ron, too. There's 
already some tension between Ron & Harry, what'll happen then? 
Hmmmmmm........we can only wait to see what'll happen. (I'm keeping 
my fingers crossed though.)

Hagrid: We know Hagrid really likes Harry & Harry likes Hagrid too.(I 
think there's some unnoticed "father/son" thing going on here, or is 
it just me? Oh well.) They seem to care about each other a lot. I 
mean, if you really look at it, Hagrid has been around a lot in 
Harry's life. He was the one who brought Harry to Privet Drive in the 
first place, then he was the one who "rescued" Harry from the 
Dursleys. He got Harry his first birthday present(Hedwig), & was the 
one who "introduced" him to the wizarding world. In turn, Harry has 
comforted Hagrid on many various occasions in all four books. Now if 
Hagrid were to die, I'm absolutely positive Harry's world may be 
turned upside down, especially if Hagrid died defending him, much 
like his parents....(I'll cry if it happens though. I like Fred, 
George, & Hagrid. I'd really rather none of our candidates would die 
& we could just plug in Snape instead... :) Sorry Snapists. :)

Now to the point I was on earlier. I don't think that Harry will live 
with Sirius. Why? Because I think he won't be alive to live with 
Sirius. That's right. As much as I love Harry, I really think he's 
going to die. Each book gets more & more dangerous for Harry. Let's 
brak it down:

In PS/SS, he figured out Quirrell couldn't touch him & used this too 
his advantage. Almost died, but D'dore stopped him. Unconscious for 3 
days, but he was okay when he woke up.

In CoS, our friend battled a basilisk & got pierced with a poisonous 
fang in his arm. Again almost died, if Fawkes had cried on his arm. 
(Good old Fawkes.) More dangerous than PS/SS since we had to depend 
on a bird.

In PoA, there was a werewolf on the attack. Here he was about to face 
the werewolf(Lupin) himself, if not for Sirius. More dangerous than 
the first two books, since we dealt with a wild werewolf.

In GoF, Harry faced the V-man himself, face-to-face. He just barely 
escaped with his life, due only to Priori Incantem of the two wands. 
(Good old Fawkes. :D) This outright beats the other books, since 
we're talking about Voldemort, the man who almost killed him at 1-
year-old. 

Now...if I didn't already know that there will be seven books, I 
would say that OoP would be the last book. I doubt Voldemort will 
repeat the same mistake & use his wand again to face Harry. I know 
he's not that stupid. I have no idea how he's gonna get out of this 
one. I just hope it'll be good. Oh well, until OoP comes out we'll 
never know. Keep your fingers crossed. :)

-Kyrstyne