OoP: What was the Point of this Death? And Phineas ??s

[lori_blandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 61891

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Marianne:
> > > Is this a comping-of-age thing where Harry has to deal directly 
> > > with the death?
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> >  After all, do we all have to have a parental figure die when we're 15 to help us grow up? > >

Regina:
> > No we don't all NEED that. But  people who experience this *are* 
> > changed, or at least have a knowledge that others don't. It marks 
> > you. Kind of like being able to see a thestral. If you haven't 
seen one, you won't know what they're like until you do see one. > >

Marianne:
> Granted. My mother died when I was 13 and the effects of something 
> like that do change things for you and give you a different sort of 
> knowledge.  The flip side of that is that you are not necessarily 
> blessed with figuring all of this out, or how you deal with it, or 
> how it will affect your actions, your beliefs, etc. until long 
after (maybe years after) that person dies. 
> 
>  What I was reacting to is a train of thought a number of people 
have proposed that seems to be "Sirius is a parental figure.  Harry has 
to learn to grow up and stand on his own. QED: Sirius has to die."
> 
> It simply makes no sense to me. >>>>>>


Does anyone think it is a coincidence that Prince William lost a 
parent when he was 15?

"Lori"