Obvious! Or maybe not...?

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No: HPFGUIDX 62874

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherinemckiernan" 
<catherinemck at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rashm1" <crazyrash81 at h...> 
wrote:
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> > Actually IMO I feel that from the beginning of OOP that Sirius 
was 
> > going to snuff it. Firstly it was never going to be anyone 
obvious -  
> > that rules out Ginny, Hagrid, Colin etc, JK is too clever for 
that, 
> > and she did place a few red herrings along the way. Also Sirius' 
> > character is portrayed as being frustrated throughout the book, 
not 
> > really doing much except spring cleaning, brooding and 
ruminating. I 
> > felt a sense of foreboding when Sirius was telling Harry about 
the 
> > Black family tapestry and his link with Death Eaters, I'm not 
sure 
> > exactly why. And Hermione saying that Sirius is living his life 
> > through Harry that put the  last nail in the coffin. Saying this, 
his 
> > death was over very quickly and unexpectedly-i had to reread the 
> > paragraph a few times before his death sank in. Sirius is one of 
my 
> > favourite characters and I think I'll miss him almost as much as 
> > Harry will!!   :( 
> 
> Before OoP came out, I voted for Hagrid to die, principally, I now
> realise, but I don't care about him much. My Sirius forebodings also
> started pretty early, though I kept trying to deny it and come up 
with
> reasons why JKR needed him alive. After Harry's dream I came up 
with a
> lengthy scenario about Snape rescuing him, thereby healing himself a
> bit that he's at last done for Harry what he failed to do when J&L
> died, as well as proving to Sirius that he really is a good guy now,
> and lots of future potential in a changed Snape/Harry scenario, but 
it
> was all a dream. Sirius is dead <chokes>, gone, no more, and I 
really
> don't think he?s coming back.
> 
> Goes off to sob into the keyboard.
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> Catherine McK
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> > Best wishes to you all!
> > Rashy xx

And THAT'S why she did it - I spent 5 pages muttering 'He can't be 
dead, he can't be dead' and, just like Harry, expected him to jump 
out from behind the veil and kill his evil cousin.  When Harry 
realised he was gone, that's when I did.

Livin' the book, I tell you!!!