OOP: Metaphors in the WW WAS Re: ADMIN: - Frequently Asked Questions

[Phyllis]

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Pip!Squeak wrote:

> So no, it wouldn't surprise me at all that Sirius died because he 
> fell through a metaphor. Or that the WW would signal a room filled 
> with death by *using* a metaphor. It happens all the time in the 
> Potterverse.
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> If you hate that idea, it's not the only alternative suggested in 
> the FAQ. We're warned by McGonagall's hospitalisation that Stunning 
> spells can kill; it's possible that the spell Sirius had just taken 
> in the chest was a direct hit on the heart

Now me:

Do we know for sure it was a Stunning Spell?  We see a jet of red 
light, but we don't hear Bellatrix's incantation.  I assumed it was 
some sort of killing spell that we haven't yet heard of - there are 
presumably other ways to kill apart from Avada Kedavra? 

It never occurred to me that Sirius only died once he went through 
the veil.  Harry hears voices behind the veil, and presumably they 
are the voices of the dead - not just those who happened to be hit 
with a spell right in front of the veil in the Department of 
Mysteries and fall through the veil (I would think there would be 
very few of such deaths).

~Phyllis