JKR's writing in OoP (was Re: Sirius's Future)

[cat_kind]

No: HPFGUIDX 118020


> Renee:
> I seem to remember JKR saying somewhere that it was necessary for 
> Sirius to die and that we would find out why in the next book. 
OotP 
> is less of a standalone than the previous books, so it's perhaps a 
> bit premature to say it doesn't make sense.
> Also, Sirius's death may not be overly dramatic, Harry's reaction 
to 
> it certainly is, and that's where the significance lies.

catkind:  Oh, I didn't know she said that. Is it me or are there FAR 
too many hints about the next book already?  I do hope JKR shuts up 
about it soon, or it's going to be no fun by the time we actually 
get to read the thing.  Actually, if there was one thing that really 
spoiled OotP for me, it is the fact that we knew in advance that 
somebody was going to die, and then there were all these cartoonish 
near-misses... 

I wonder what she means by that though?  Sirius had to die so that 
XYZ plot device can be used in the next book?  Or that there really 
was something deeper going on in the DoM?  Or just why falling 
through a curtain is deadly? 

I don't think whether it has significance in the later books affects 
the question of whether the death is well-written or not. At the 
time it seems senseless and unfair, to Harry and some readers.

Harry's reaction is overly dramatic for what? It's certainly in 
character with his behaviour in the rest of the book, he's dramatic 
about everything, particularly Dumbledore and Sirius. And - well - 
poor tragic orphan loses yet another father figure...

catkind (buttoning its ears)