Faking Sirius' Death?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 91786

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
<entropymail at y...> wrote:
> 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.
> 

I don't know, Entropy. That seems an awfully strong statement, to 
say that "just looking at the books, the signs seem to be all there 
for Sirius' return."  I think it might be more fair to say there are 
SOME signs which COULD be interpreted as pointing to Sirius' 
return.  There are also several signs that Sirius IS really & truly 
gone.  If you DON'T buy into the Evil!Lupin thing, then Lupin may 
well know what the veil is/does and may know for a fact that Sirius 
is dead.  DD says he's dead.  Nick, who expected Harry to come 
asking, has to sadly tell him Sirius *won't* be coming back.  

JKR may toy with us in interviews some, but I think she simply tends 
to *avoid answering* or teases when she doesn't want to give things 
away or wants to keep us guessing.  I don't think she's been shown 
so far to have said one thing in an interview and then had the books 
show she had outright "lied" to us, has she?  Things for which she's 
had to say, "Gotcha!! I was only joking!"  If there are, I'd love to 
hear about them.

I may eat my words in the end, but I do NOT believe JKR would use 
the firm, final words she used in [more than one] interview about 
Sirius' death if she were going to bring him back later.  No, I 
think she'd have shied around the issue or used more nebulous words.

Siriusly Snapey Susan