OoP : Sirius BIG question no-one has asked before (spoiler)

[sueeeyqbong]

No: HPFGUIDX 64585

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sirius_sam1" <ribi305 at m...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sueeeyqbong" <sue at s...> 
wrote:
> > Yet another possible future plot which sruck me whilst reading 
> > the 'Sirius and Harry in front of the Black family tapestry' 
scene 
> > 
> > Sirius says (UK version, page 105) :
> > 
> > 'Molly and I are cousins by marriage and Arthur's something like 
> my 
> > second cousin once removed.'
> > 
> > The phrase 'cousins by marriage' can refer either to 'Molly 
> married 
> > someone who was my cousin' or 'I (ie Sirius) married someone who 
> was 
> > Molly's cousin.'
> 
> OK, I could be wrong, but I think there are other interpretations 
> of "cousins by marriage." For example, Sirius's father had two 
> wives, the second of whom was related to one of Mrs. Weasley's 
> parents. Then Sirius would share no blood with Mrs. Weasley, but 
> when his father got remarried, Sirius and Molly would become 
cousins 
> by marriage. 
> 
> I realize this is a bit complicated, but since it works, I would 
say 
> we should not read into Sirius's quote too much. I personally 
> believe we will be learning so much about the Potters in the next 
> two books that JKR won't unfold new chapters of Sirius's life as 
> well.
> 
> Sirius Sam

Sueeeyqbong replies :
Yes, good point, thanks Sirius Sam. (nice name, by the way). 

Though I don't agree that we won't see more of Sirius' life unfold 
in future books. I think that we will, though not arbitrarily - it 
will be tied tightly to the unfolding plot, IMHO. There are plenty 
of ways we could learn more about Sirius - flashbacks, pensieve 
scenes, etc, and I think he is too integral and multi-layered a 
character for JKR to remove him from the plot just because he's 
dead - Harry's parents are dead and yet we learn more about them 
with each book, after all. And he's still a very enigmatic 
character, about whom we know very little, ie ripe for further 
development. So I'm holding out for future glimpses of Sirius, 
though perhaps I'll put the Sirius marriage theory on the back 
burner for now ;-).

Sueeyqbong (finding it very hard to let go, still, and it's been 6 
days...)