Disliking the next to die

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 95812

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
 
> Carolyn:
<snip> 
> But one of my biggest regrets is hearing that news before the book -
 
> I will never know if the fore-shadowing is really effective, or 
> whether his death comes as a real shock. 

No need for regrets - I can tell you all! <g> I read OoP without 
having heard any rumours of Sirius' death (but did, of course, know 
that an important character will die). It was fairly early in the 
book that I became sure that Sirius was the intended death - mainly 
because of all those references to his recklessness, I think.

>I shall be so careful to 
> stop my ears at every leak before the publication of book 6 !
> 
> On balance, though, I am inclined to the conspiracy theories 
> surrounding who killed him. 

I don't understand these conspiracy theories: Harry was looking 
directly at Sirius when he was hit with the curse - which is 
described as a jet of light (i.e., vectorial). How could he not 
notice the direction from which it came? Remember, Sirius and Bella 
were the only ones fighting at that point. It's not as though there 
was a mellee of spells flying across the room, where someone can take 
advantage of the confusion and hit Sirius without being noticed. It 
was just the two of them, on the stone stage - I don't see how it was 
possible to hit Sirius without being noticed. 

> Carolyn:
> Keen as I am on the tiresome Molly getting her just desserts, I 
feel 
> she would suffer far more by seeing one of her children killed. 
Lets 
> hope its Percy, and not the twins. One of those dying and not the 
> brother would really twist my heart. The remaining twin would need 
>to go out in a blaze of glory avenging his loss.

I actually predict a twin dying (George, I'm afraid, is toast). This 
is because it covers the required Weasley death, makes for a heart 
breaking tragedy, but doesn't really leave structural holes, so to 
speak, in the story. Our hearts will go out to poor old Fred, but 
after all - do we *really* need two of them? 



Naama