Who stuns Sirius? (was Re: The Veil)
tylerswaxlion
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Tue Aug 24 01:20:44 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 111063
"cdayr" <cdayr at y...> wrote:
> 2) Bella tells Harry she didn't do it "'Come out, come out, little Harry!'
> she called in her mock-baby voice, which echoed off the polished wooden
> floors. `What did you come after me for, then? I thought you were here to
> avenge my dear cousin!'" (OotP, 36)
>
> Bella implies that she did not kill Sirius- she doesn't understand
> why Harry is chasing her when the real killer is still downstairs.
> Why wouldn't she be gloating about her victory?
See, I read this scene exactly opposite of you. Bella is gloating
and taunting Harry *because* she killed Sirius. The mock-baby voice
implies sarcasm and mocking to me.
Harry is hiding instead of charging straight at Bella. She's
taunting him to get him to come out. "I thought you were here to
avenge my dear cousin"--I thought you were here to attack me for
killing Sirius, but here you are hiding. I read her first sentance
as: "What did you come after me for, then," **if not to attack
me** It's rhetorical remark more than a sincere question.
snip
> I don't think DD is ESE- I just think that he realized Sirius had to
> be a sacrifice to raise Harry's love/heart/passion to a new, higher
> level.
>
> Harsh, eh? But what do you all think?
Way too harsh for me. I feel the same way about the idea that DD
knows that Sirius *isn't* dead, but lets Harry believe it.
It's just too cruel.
Maybe it's because my father died when I was 6, but killing a father-
figure just to teach a lesson is ESE to me. YMMV
TL
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