Why Sirius was Chosen as Godparent & Sirius' sacrifice

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 105945

Kate:
> > 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. 


Sue:
> 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.


Jen: 

And another quote, on the day before OOTP was released:

Paxman: "And there's going to be a death in this book?"

JKR: "Yeah. Well I had re-written the death, re-written it and that 
was it. It was definitive. And the person was definitely dead. And I 
walked into the kitchen crying and Neil said to me, "What on earth 
is wrong?" and I said, "Well, I've just killed the person". BBC News 
June 2003.

Personally, I don't think the question is whether Sirius is dead or 
not. The question is whether his death has any special meaning. The 
way he died was sudden, unexpected, & not very dramatic, but in the 
World Book Day chat, JKR seemed to be saying there was a reason 
Sirius died. 

Also, Kate, did JKR really say Sirius was becoming 'too influential' 
or is that a fan idea? That one's new to me. 

Jen Reese