OoP: SPOILERS Sirius, the New Girl, & Ship

[sharonlibrarian]

No: HPFGUIDX 62562

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nicole L." <nplyon at y...> wrote:
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> My biggest beef with the book is Sirius's death.  I
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> ~Nicole, who is still depressed about Sirius's death
> and thinks she will be for some time yet.

Me:
I, too, am feeling very down about the death of Sirius.  It gives me 
a hollow feeling.  My hope for Sirius was that eventually his name 
would be cleared, and we could get to know him as a free man.  He'd 
been in prison or on the run for most of his adult life.  Call me 
sentimental, but I wanted him to get a job, have a romance, etc.  And 
for women [at least, this woman], let's face it, he was sexy:  a cool 
guy [at least when he wasn't brooding] with a sense of humor and long 
black hair who loves his godson.  Rowling had to know women would go 
for this guy.  Then why, oh why, did she kill him off?  And not to 
mention the fact that Harry has lost yet another parental figure.  Is 
this poor kid ever gonna catch a break?  [LOL, I'm ranting about a 
fictional character, I know!]

My wishful thinking:  Sirius just disappeared; he's actually in 
another dimension somewhere.  He'll be reunited with Harry early in 
Book 6! [Blah, I know it won't be that easy, though!]

Sharon, who is *trying* to focus on the good stuff [e.g., the 
development of Ginny as a "Harry-worthy" character!]