Was Fudge talking about Sirius?

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 80103

Laurie writes:
> Was Fudge possible forshadowing the return of Sirius?  I know 
> thats not a popular theory but wait, I think he's gone for good too 
> then this...  American edition page 614
> 
> "Or was it Potter's identical twin in the Hog's Head that day?  Or 
> is there the usual simple explanation involving a reversal of time, 
> a dead man coming back to life, and a couple of invisible 
> dementors?"
 
> Fudge was talking to DD and it seems he knows about the time 
> turner, believes Harry made up the dementor story (canon pg 142), 
> and is maybe foreshadowing the return of a dead man?  Or as I'm 
> typing this it just occurred to me he's probably talking about Lord 
> Thingy.  But could it be Sirius?

AutumnWhisperer wrote:
> When I read that, I assumed that Fudge was talking about Voldemort. 
> Fudge believed, or would've liked to believe that Lord Voldemort 
> was dead, so, when he mentions the reversal of time it's not in 
> reference to the time turner but simply stating what would've had 
> to happen if Lord Voldemort was back. Time would have to be 
> reversed in order for a dead man to come back to life, you see? 
<snip>

Me now:  I'm sorry to burst your (Droobles Best Blowing Gum is my 
FAVORITE!) bubble, but...

The reversal of time was in PoA, caused by the Time Turner.  The man 
wasn't dead, he was an Animagus who had not been out of rat form in, 
what, nearly eleven years?  Scabbers was revealed to be Peter 
Pettigrew, alive after all, by Harry and Co. and the events in the 
Shrieking Shack.  I think the "couple of invisible dementors," 
though, must be a reference to the ones in the opening of OoP, rather 
than the ones in PoA, because Fudge acknowledged those (PoA) 
dementors and dismissed them from Hogwarts duty.

And JKR has already said that Sirius really is *dead*; I think she 
means we aren't going to see him again.  Period.  Denial is one stage 
of grief; let's go on to the next one, whatever it is.

Sandy, aka "msbeadsley"