Good Writing & Death

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 110967

Katie said:

> It's such an unsatisfying death for readers: it comes as a complete 
> surprise, it happens through a device that was just introduced a few 
> pages before and never explained, and there's no body left. JKR must 
> know all this. She's either 1) going to have Sirius's "death" become 
> crucial to the story later on, or 2) trying to annoy her readers. As 
> she says she's sorry she "had to do it", and I have faith in her, I 
> trust it's 1)!
> 

When JKR says she had to do it, I've always assumed she needed
Sirius *out of the way* to somehow assist the story;  for instance, 
I thought the purpose might be to move Lupin into the position of 
Harry's closest mentor and substitute father figure.

Now I'm wondering if she needed Sirius to die so *he* could 
accomplish something, something that could only be done from 
"beyond the veil." I don't know what that would be, but JKR has
said Sirius will figure into the story again (at least, I recall some
comment along those lines). So I think #1 will come to pass, and
in the process we'll find out more about what happens beyond the veil.

Julie 


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