[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius's Future

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 117873

First, Pippin:

>>Oh, JKR, she knows her fans, yes she does. She dares us to
> > ask her whether Sirius is really dead, and all the time she's
> > laughing in her sleeve at us, because the question we *should*
> > be asking is who killed him.

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and then Hannah:

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>
> As for who killed him... puppetmaster!DD.  That guy has a lot to
> answer for.  I wonder what Sirius would have made of the prophecy?
> Did he know about it, or exactly what it said?  I can't imagine he'd
> have been happy about letting Harry go along with it.  Maybe he had
> become too much of a liability to the masterplan for DD to pass up
> such a good opportunity to blast him through the veil and blame it
> all on Bella.
>

Charme:

I agree with Pippin that the main question is who *did* kill Sirius; it's
rather vague in canon and flows with his duel with Bella, however it
certainly isn't clear at all. It does make me wonder about "friendly fire" -
we all know it happens in a real battle so why wouldn't it happen in a
multiple wizard duel? I also note that while there's much written in the DoM
scene with other participants in the battle, there isn't as much about Lupin
until *after* Sirius is hit.  I should wonder what that lack of detail
should tell us?

charme