[HPforGrownups] Re: Siriusly Alive

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 96619

In a message dated 4/21/2004 10:26:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
willowsgreyghost at yahoo.com writes:
SB4E:

While I like Sirius and would rather have him alive, I am not going to weigh 
in on whether he is alive or not, but I am going to ask a question in regard 
to your statement that JKR doesn't lie and she called it a death.  Let's say 
that you are trying to convince readers that someone is dead although you have 
other plans for his/her character.  Are you going to say...no their not 
dead...I just want you to think that.  There are other meanings to someone dying than 
the literal meaning.  It's just something to think about.
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Sherrie here:

In situations like this, JKR has tap-danced as well as any politician, or 
simply flat-out refused to answer.  Thus the well-known evasions regarding 
Harry's fate ("Are you sure h'ell live to grow up?"), the many instances of "I can't 
tell you!", and the infamous "You'll see!" responses.  But in all her 
interviews, she has never given us any information that has proven false in the 
books.  (I believe it was also in the World Book Day chat when someone flat asked 
her why she'd killed Sirius, and she didn't gainsay them - apologized for it, 
IIRC, but never said he wasn't dead.)

As for "other meanings to someone dying than the literal" - JKR has said that 
in the WW, dead is dead, and no one can come back from the dead.  (Well, all 
right, she used Dumbledore's voice...)

Sherrie
(firmly convinced that Sirius is an ex-mutt, not pinin' for the fjords)


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