Why Sirius was Chosen as Godparent & Sirius' sacrifice

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No: HPFGUIDX 105937

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kate" <katiefaye at c...> wrote:
>   Jen wrote:
> 
>   Now back to Godric's Hollow. What if Sirius being willing to die 
for
>   Harry has more significance than previously thought? What if 
James &
>   Lily chose him for this specific reason? In other words, there's
>   more to this guardian selection, some additional protection 
conveyed
>   onto Harry if Sirius does indeed die while attempting to protect
>   him, similar to but not as powerful as Lily's sacrifice. Sort of a
>   strengthening of Lily's sacrifice.
> 
>   vmonte responds:
> 
>   This is a cool theory! JKR did say that there was a reason why 
Sirius
>   had to die. Your theory may be why.
> 
> 
> 
> First of all JKR NEver said sirius had to die. she said Sirius had 
to fall through the veil. We haven't seen the last of Mr. black. if 
you go to her site Jkrowling.net  with in the rumours section or the 
faq she discusses Harry not using the mirror to see if Sirius was 
safe and that even if harry had it wouldn't have made a difference. 
she also makes allusions to the fact that it is very important for 
harry to have that mirror in books six and seven.  but the point, JKR 
never said sirius was dead. she ducks the topic by saying things 
like, I had to let him go. or He was becoming to influential on 
Harry. She's very good and NOT saying he's dead. 
> 
> Kate

>From the World Book Day chat March 4, 2004:

Why did you kill Sirius? It made me very sad :( 
JK Rowling replies -> I'm really, really sorry. I didn't want to do 
it, but there was a reason. If you think you can forgive me, keep 
reading, you'll find out. [I feel really guilty now].

She does not deny killing Sirius, she only apologizes for it.  All of 
the characters we have come to rely on as the truth tellers (DD in 
particular) have said Sirius is dead.  That does not mean, however, 
he is gone forever, just that he is dead.  This is the wizarding 
world after all.

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