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

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 118135

Potioncat:
I know we are not supposed to do "me too" posts, and I know JKR 
hasn't asked us to vote, but I really think Sirius, regretfully, is 
dead and he will stay dead.  So I am with Pippin on this one. 

Sherry now:

JKR has always said that dead means dead, and that is it.  She's said this
when people ask if James and or Lily will ever come back.  As much as I want
there to be some way she can pull off the return of Sirius, I keep reminding
myself of her words.  I heard her say them myself on the A and E biography
episode.  The difference between children losing fathers in war and Harry's
situation is that children aren't there to witness their fathers' deaths in
war and don't have to live with blaming themselves and feeling
responsibility.  I like the character of Sirius and want him to come back,
but more than that, I wish he could return in some way that could ease
Harry's guilt.  He already carries a lot of guilt over Cedric, and I think
his guilt over Sirius could be a terrible burden to bear.  I know I'd have
difficulty coping, if I thought I was responsible in that situation, and I'm
a lot older than Harry with all his confused teenage hormones and emotions
on top of all his other turmoil coming from being who he is.  Yet I still
think that JKR is going to leave Sirius dead, unfortunately, and she will
use something about his death in some other plot device.  

Sherry G