OOP: Re: Sirius, was OOP: was Metaphors in the WW

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 67059

Marina wrote:

> I think 
> there was a huge number of different interesting directions that 
> Sirius' character could've gone in, and now they've all been cut 
> off.  As long as a character is alive, there's hope for learning 
and 
> change and growth.  The fact that Sirius had all these issues and 
> problems and character flaws only served to increase his story 
> possibilities.  The only characters who can't go anywhere are those 
> who are already perfect.  Or dead.

Yes!  Yes yes yes.  I was *so* intrigued by this new side of Sirius--
just as I got more intrigued with him in GF when we saw tenderness,  
hard-boiled analysis, etc. added to the qualities of determination 
and vengefulness we already knew from his brief appearance in PA.  
And now all those possibilities are cut off.  So tell me, Marina--

> That's the main reason Sirius' death bothers me so much -- aside 
> from my emotional attachment to the character.  It abruptly cuts 
off 
> a really interesting and potential-filled story arc.

--Do you mean this is a flaw in the book?  Or just hard to take?

I think it is a real strength of the book.  We are really made to 
feel what it means for someone to die.  No chance to apologize, no 
chance to be redeemed, no chance for more change, no chance for us to 
learn more about him or for him to learn more about himself.

Amy the Morbid

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The teachers were, of course, forbidden from mentioning the interview 
by Education Decree Number Twenty-six, but they found ways to express 
their feelings about it all the same.  Professor Sprout awarded 
Gryffindor twenty points when Harry passed her a watering can.