OOP: Sirius thoughts ...

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No: HPFGUIDX 67316

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "minetourjunkie" 
<sarah_wendling at h...> wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> I'm posting in several messages for organization sake ... 
> 
> My two (well maybe 4) cents on Sirius' death.  I won't quote 
people 
> because, frankly, reading all the posts has made them blur 
together.
> 
> Did I expect it: nope.  Though reading some of the signs other 
people 
> saw, I feel almost silly.  Grim indeed!  Almost - he was a 
favorite 
> character of mine, so I was optimistically hoping to see him all 
the 
> way through.  As it happened, I was shocked by it and wound up 
> bursting into quite a fit of tears which continued right on 
through 
> to the end.  Yep, I'm a sappy sort.
> 
> The narrative repurcussions: well, it does provide Harry with a 
> really tangible motivation for going gung ho at Voldemort.  Ya 
sure, 
> Voldemort killed his parents, but that was years ago.  And he 
didn't 
> know them.  Sirius, he was close to in life.  That's gotta ratchet 
up 
> a revenge desire.  However, I must agree with the many people who 
are 
> upset at the loss of a potentially interesting arc.  I was all 
> excited to see how his life played out - could he be cleared?  If 
he 
> was, what would he do?  He's been in prison or in hiding for most 
of 
> his adult life.  Can he now turn around and function in normal 
> society?  Will people trust him, hire him etc. or will he never 
lose 
> the stigma of his conviction?  The list, as others have 
demonstrated, 
> is endless.  And it's all been snuffed out. (pardon the slight pun 
> there ...)
> 
> Speaking of narrative possibilities, what do we think of a 
possible 
> showdown/rematch with Bellatrix?
> 
> And I loved the idea of being killed by a metaphor.  Whoever 
> suggested the "kicking the bucket" idea ... well that was 
brilliant.  
> 
> So, where do I sign up for the denial of Sirius' death group?  I'm 
> holding out hope for some sort of miracle.  Unlikely?  Sappy?  
> Contrived?  You bet it would be.  But I could get past that to 
have 
> Sirius back.  I am convinced he could be pulled out from that 
> curtain ... ah denial ... such a lovely state of existance.
> 
> Worst moment for me?  Harry finding that mirror.  Ah if only he'd 
> thought of that sooner ... nothing more upsetting than 
hindsight ... 
> having lost a parent myself, it was most upsetting to watch 
Harry's 
> denial as he tries to find any method of contacting Sirius.  Very 
> nicely done, JKR.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sarah W.

Yes, I was upset about Sirius' death as well, one of my most 
favorite characters. I'm not sure about being pulled from behind the 
veil, since we have yet to learn much about it, but perhaps in other 
ways. Maybe more memories...? 

And the mirror... After Harry saw Snape's memory and decides he 
needs to speak to Sirius and is going through all that trouble, all 
I'm thinking is "HELLO! THE MIRROR!" After all, Sirius did tell him 
to use it if ever Harry needed him, though Harry didn't yet know 
what was in it. But I guess with everything going on, it's only 
logical the package would have escaped his mind.