What's Sirius There For?

[sachmet96]

No: HPFGUIDX 83875


> Now Entropy:
> What I find suspicious is that Lupin is the one who holds Harry back
> after Sirius falls through the veil, and tells Harry with certainty
> that Sirius is dead.  How does he know this? How could someone who 
is
> not employed by the Dept. of Mysteries, let alone not in the 
Ministry
> at all, know what that veil is and what it means? It seems unlikely
> that he would know unless, perhaps, he was told what his reaction
> should be beforehand.

sachmet96
I just reread the passage of Sirius' death because the first time I 
read it I thought when Sirius fell through the veil he was already 
dead, killed by the jet of light that hit him on the chest. And I 
still think so, he was already dead imo with an expression of shock, 
fear and surprise (OotP UK version 710/711) frozen on his face. I 
don't think the surprise and fear is because of the veil, he was hit 
squarely on the chest so he couldn't see that the veil was right 
behind him and he would fall right through it. He likely knew the 
veil was somewhere close behind but he couldn't have known that he 
would fall through it. So I think these emotions are there because of 
the curse that hit and killed him. If this is so then it also would 
make sense for Lupin to say that Harry can do nothing, because he 
knows Sirius was already dead. 
And when Sirius was still alive we also don't know how common the 
knowledge of the veil is, maybe Lupin has read about it somewhere.

I still think Sirius is dead and won't come back in any form. I think 
his death was a teaching experience for Harry but also for the 
readers esp. children. To bring him back would be kind of cheating 
(and cruel) as in real life people don't come back and it would ruin 
the whole experience. I would be really disappointed if JKR brought 
him back. Just my opinion though.