OoP - Jenny's Big Questions - Spoilers!

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No: HPFGUIDX 61477

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> Lynn:
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> Having read the back of the book first, I knew Sirius was the one 
who 
> died and for some reason I wasn't surprised but I do wonder why it 
> was so hard for her to write.  By the end of the book, I didn't 
> really like Sirius and didn't see him as being a good role model 
for 
> Harry in the future.  If Harry is going to come to see his father 
in 
> a different light after Snape's thoughts, Sirius had to be out of 
the 
> picture as it appears that while James may have grown up, Sirius 
> didn't. 


I have to agree with Lynn. Sirius in OOP has some very serious, 
painful issues, in addition to the logistical nightmare it would be 
to get him cleared in the current climate. It makes him an emotional 
but convenient victim. In addition, has it occurred to anyone else (I 
was trying to catch up and read everything before starting this but 
people are posting so fast!) that another blood sacrifice has been 
made on Harry's behalf by someone who's related to half the Death 
Eaters? 

I'd be curious to know if people who don't read fanfic are as upset 
about his death as people who do - I think most of my initial 
reaction to his death was that he's never going to grow into that way-
too-reckless-to-be-completely-parental father figure or the 
irresistably wounded sex object that he frequently ends up in fan 
fiction. 

Gertie