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

[zenchela]

No: HPFGUIDX 62185

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
wrote:


> What curse killed Sirius?

Did it have to be a curse?  I realize that green sparks or a green 
jet of light signifies Slytherin/DE, but does that automatically mean 
a curse rather than a regular spell?  (Honestly curious, here.)
> 
> Was he dead before he fell behind the veil?

Good question.  *WAS* he dead, or does Remus just assume he is?  What 
would happen to a still-living person who goes behind the veil?

Which leads to my thought: I think it's possible we may see evidence 
of Sirius/Harry trying to communicate with each other in 5 and 6.  I 
know that Dumbledore said that "to the well-regulated mind, death is 
the next great adventure" and Sirius would be just the one to go for 
that great adventure, but Sirius didn't want to die.  His time with 
Harry was unfinished, and it's possible that he'd try -- maybe 
through Phineas? -- to talk to Harry.  And Harry would certainly be 
open to looking through the veil to talk to Sirius.  What was the 
thought that saved him from Voldemort?  "And he'd see Sirius again."

Zen