Sirius...Voldemort...oh, my goodness.

[bookraptor11]

No: HPFGUIDX 69911

I don't really see the series taking that turn either.  What I wrote 
was a "what if" based on Harry trying to bring Sirius back back to 
life.  But if he hasn't seriously considered bringing his parents 
back after learning how to do it in GOF, I don't think he'll ever try 
it with anyone.  

Further, after his talk with Nick in OOP, he understands that most 
wizards and witches are content to move on, even when they have to 
leave unfinished business and children behind. They must come to 
understand that no one is indispensible, and life will go on and 
things will be resolved without them. The only ones who stay seem to 
be those who are afraid to move ahead, and that doesn't fit Harry's 
parents or Sirius.

I wonder why, with concrete proof, by the existence of ghosts, that 
death is not final, why anyone is afraid of what's ahead. Death is 
not as much an unknown in the Potterverse as it is in the real world.

Donna

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Indigo" <indigo at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Echa Schneider 
> <echa_schneider at m...> wrote:
> > 
> > On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 09:37 PM, bookraptor11 wrote:
> > 
> > > It would make for a different end to the series.  By bringing 
> Sirius
> > > back, Harry becomes evil, joins V, and Neville steps in to take 
> the
> > > Hero's role.
> > 
> > That would be an incredibly shocking and amazing thing from a 
story 
> > standpoint, but I don't think I could bear it! I love these 
> characters 
> > way too much, and if that happened I doubt I could ever 
appreciate 
> how 
> > gutsy and shocking JKR was. Instead I would probably just burn 
all 
> my 
> > HP books in disgust or something. I think, Donna, that you have 
> just 
> > raised the bar for terrible things that could happen.
> > 
> > Echa, who is happy to return to the list having just finished OoP 
> and 
> > also once again inclined to post for the first time in over a year
> 
> While that'd be interesting, I don't see Harry joining Voldemort 
even 
> if he goes Dark.
> 
> Defeating Voldemort and taking his /place/, maybe.
> 
> But Harry holds too much animosity and hatred for Voldemort [his 
> parents, Hagrid, and now Sirius] to ever just /join/ him.
> 
> Indigo