Faking Sirius' Death?

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 91700

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> I guess it just comes down to how cynical a person you are. Cynical
> person that I am  ;) I believe that JKR might be fudging just a bit 
in
> order to get us to believe our eyes rather than our hearts. This 
theme
> of "faith in the face of hopelessness" is something I think will
> become very important in future books.
> 
> The books seem to point to one thing, and the interviews seem to 
point
> us in another direction.  Just looking at the books, the signs seem 
to
> be all there for Sirius' return.  Looking at the interviews, he is
> truly dead.
> 
> :: Entropy ::

I am going to add to my last post on this one (annoying, I know).  In 
my last post about the mirror I said that another consequence of 
Harry not using the mirror to contact Sirius and thus going to the 
MoM, was that the WW is now aware of Voldemort's return.  I will add 
here that Sirius lost his life for a profoundly important reason.  
One of the things that has always struck me about his character is 
how tragic his life has been.  Here he is, this beautiful 20 
something man who loses everything because he is betrayed by a smarmy 
little friend.  And his life ends without ever having a chance to 
make it "right" for himself.  This is, of course, why so many people 
probably want him to be resurected.

In the end I hope his name is cleared and the character it took to go 
blindly ahead to save someone he cared about and fight evil becomes 
what people in the WW remember about Sirius Black.

Although I do not think Sirius will return, I can certainly see your 
point...I guess the question we need to ask JKR is for a definition 
of "properly dead".  Please keep your bubble in tact, we all need 
hope :).

Sue