JKR chat: Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 92082

> <weirdsister06 wrote:
> 
> > Did Sirius have to die because he will help Harry defeat 
Voldemort 
> > in the end?  Much as Lily and James and Cedric and Bertha and the 
> > old muggle helped Harry when he was dueling with Voldemort?

Kelly wrote:
> 
> I've been thinking on this quite a bit.  Why would Sirius 
have "had" 
> to die:
> 
> 1.  To make Harry think before he acts and not be so impulsive?  
> Possibly.  Harry has learned many things from the death of Sirius 
and 
> the events at the end of OoTP.  He has learned not to believe 
> everything he "sees."  He has learned not to rush headlong into 
> battle, but to think and gather forces first.  
> 
> <snip>
> 3.  It is possible that Sirius, in some form, will come and help 
> Harry.  I have an "it's been done" feeling about this so I'm not to 
> crazy about this idea.
> 
> 4.  The feeling Harry has that expells Voldemort during the fight 
in 
> the MoM has to do with Sirius and the death.  Perhaps Harry will 
> learn to hone this and use it to fight Voldemort.

Neri:
Several days ago I suggested, half siriusly, that Harry will vanquish 
LV with a mental patronus made of the power that LV knows not 
(whatever it is), and that this mental patronus will have the shape 
of a large dog. This will be a way for Sirius to help Harry without 
actually coming back to life (very much as James did). But then, what 
about the two-way mirror? Would it also play in this, or does it have 
another role?

Neri