OotP - feeling just a bit resentful...

[medeacallous]

No: HPFGUIDX 62226

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Renee Daniels" 
<Calimora at y...> wrote:
> I totaly agree. Sirius *could* have added a huge extra dimension 
to 
> the book, but all he really got was cameos. His death seems to put 
an 
> end to any small victories the Trio and the Order could gain in 
the 
> following years. What's the point of catching Peter if Sirius is 
> dead? What, personaly, does Harry have to look forward too? What 
does 
> Lupin have to look forward too? Two years of war and life as an 
> outcast.... That's what irks me the most about Sirius' death. The 
> lonely ones are even more alone, but the ones with 'happy' 
families 
> are unscathed and don't have to learn the lessons Harry has. 
> 
> God, I miss Sirius.
> 
> ~Calimora (Who hates the idea of the Last Marauder Standing)
> 



I just had a thought:  what if it's important for the resolution of 
the story for Snape and Harry to work together, but that would never 
be possible if Sirius is alive?  I think that's one of the points 
JKR was trying to get across in her (IMO heavyhanded) descriptions 
of Sirius's negative influence over Harry:  It's kind of like Sense 
and Sensibility, with Snape representing Sense and Black 
Sensibility.  With the influence of the rash, mercurial Black in his 
life, Harry's life might have been more in danger, and/or his 
progress slower, and/or he would have progressively picked up more 
resentment towards Snape, thereby driving the Gryffindor/Slytherin 
wedge even deeper, at a time when unity is paramount.

MC