Cheapening Death? (was Remus is James)

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 70531

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
wrote:
> In the initial reaction to Sirius' death (and the denial 
thereof...) 
> some posters expressed the opinion that JKR would never bring 
Sirius > back as a living man because that would cheapen the idea of 
death, it > would be too Hollywood (or "Dallas"), and it would be 
unfair in a > sense to other characters who have died. Death would 
not be a given > in JKR's world - it would be something she could 
play with. She > already does that to some extent by having shades or 
representations > of the dead float around in Potterworld as ghosts, 
portraits, etc.> But, to resurrect someone goes a little too far 
along that scale.
<SNIP>
> Marianne

I agree with your points about death and cheapening death. I think 
two more things are important:

1) If James were alive, he wouldn't have stood idly by lo, these past 
5 years and allowed his only child to battle LV alone. He was the 
last line of defense. He wouldn't shirk that, now. 

2) James's shade emerged from LV's wand at the end of GoF, along with 
all the other ghosts. Beyond any pretty theories we hatch, that's 
pretty strong evidence that he's gone. 

TK - TigerPatronus