[HPforGrownups] Sirius death

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 100649

Hi,

After reading all the exchanges concerning who's to blame for this or that,
over the last couple days, I thought I'd add something about Sirius death.
I don't think that anything would have changed the final outcome.  Even if
Harry had truly understood the danger of possibly being tricked by
Voldemort, even if he'd understood all the ramifications and the complete
reasons why he would have to work on his occlumency, he would have still
acted the same way.  If he'd seen the vision of Sirius being tortured, he
would have gone to him.  It wouldn't have mattered if he'd suspected it to
be a trick, he would still have gone on the chance it was real.  He'd never
have stayed in school and not gone to help the one adult he still trusted,
and to him, his only true parental figure.  Sirius would have gone after
Harry, his godson and the one he is guardian to.  He loves Harry, and he
wouldn't have stayed behind if Harry was in danger.  So, in some ways,
nobody really is to blame for Sirius death, except Voldemort.  And maybe,
fate and their love for each other.  At the time of the vision that sent
Harry rushing off to save Sirius, Dumbledore was gone; he hated and
distrusted Snape ... who else could he have turned to for help and advice.
Even McGonagall and Hagrid were gone.  A kid who has been verbally abused by
an adult and who has been shown repeatedly how much that adult dislikes and
even hates him, couldn't be expected to trust that adult or to turn to him
in a time of desperate need.  I wish, every time I read OOTP, that somehow
the ending will magically change, and Sirius won't die, but I don't
seriously blame anyone for it.  Given the circumstances, it was almost
inevitable.

sherry G