OotP - feeling just a bit resentful...

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No: HPFGUIDX 64320

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "magicalme9" <magicalme9 at y...> 
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook 
<DaveH47 at m...> 
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> Totally agreeing with you Dave about having his name cleared, 
kicking 
> back etc. 
> As much as I want to believe Kathryn about Sirius not really being 
> dead. Would he ever be able to come back? What about his body, I 
know 
> it's behind the veil as wel, but wouldn't it be gone after a while 
> and just his soul remain? It feels to me like clutching at the last 
> straw we have...
> magicalme

If he's not really dead, then why the reports about JKR weeping to 
her husband about having really killed him?  JKR says she takes these 
things very seriously, that she wants to drive home the permanence of 
death, so I would find it hard to believe, given the buildup we've 
had about the death of Sirius, that she would resurrect him so easily 
in Book VI.  That's too much playing with readers' emotions.  Mind 
you, I felt the same way about Lord of the Rings when Gandalf returns 
after his fight with the Balrog.  

On the other hand, I had to re-read that whole scene to make sure I 
didn't miss what happened to Sirius.  His death was far less well 
written than Diggory's, which chilled me to the bone.  I agree with 
the listmember who said they found Harry's reaction far more moving 
than the actual death.

Red Inkstone.