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

[megalynn44]

No: HPFGUIDX 62203

Brook wrote:

WELL... this is my first post since finishing the book.  I am 
emotionally drained to say the least.  I find myself agreeing with 
Melodychef in that Siruis's death (though extremely sad) seemed 
 somewhat pointless to me, BUT that absolutely reflects real life 
- I can't really think of any situation that would justify the death of 
a  loved one in our eyes.   However, I think that Harry is most 
definitely left with perhaps his most sensible "guardian" - Lupin. 

Now me:

Ok I have to comment on Sirius' death, and not just a me too on 
the fact that it was a pointless death. It was so quick, it did 
nothing for the plot, there wasn't a buildup, there wasn't a 
goodbye. Harry has still never been told by anyone that they love 
him. This bugs me, and to kill off such an important character 
and not even well...... it's like in Shakespeare, where if the 
person dies off-stage that meant Shakespeare did not see them 
as important.  I am not saying JKR finds Sirius unimportant at all, 
I just feel somewhat cheated that he died off-stage so to speak.

Also, I had said many times that the one character that would 
utterly make me livid if they died was Sirius. He already lost his 
life once, and suffered dearly for no reason.  He more than 
anyone  deserved happiness once the war is over. I always 
pictured him getting married and having kids and making harry 
their Godfather after all this.

Ok, I know what your going to say, but JKR had to show how evil 
these people are. Well, that somewhat seems inconsequential 
in picking who died. Hagrid, or Lupin could have easily made the 
same point that these people are evil in being killed in battle. 
Bellatrix didn't kill Sirius BECAUSE he suffered already, she 
killed him because they happen to be duelling. She also didn't 
kill him because he was who Harry loved.

I just have to say I feel cheated, and not just because the death 
scene was so abrupt, but because the one person to die was 
the one who had already sufered the most.  

I really hate that my first post is negatve because besides that 
one little point, I loved the book. Especially Ginny, I knew she 
was a worthy adversary to Harry in the game of love. I have also 
ben reading this group for so long I was able to pick a few things 
out before they were explained.

Cheers.
Megalynn