Dept of Mysteries Veil Room

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 114308

Upthread, I (Hannah) wrote that I hope Sirius doesn't return from 
the dead.
> Alla wrote:
> I disagree with Hanna. I want to refer you again to March 2004 
chat,  where to the question "in which form We will see Sirius 
again? The reply was something like I don't want to answer that for 
the fear of incriminating myself" - paraphrasing.
> I think it is a given that we will see Sirius in SOME shape or 
form again.
> The only questiuon for me is whether it will be fully human form 
or not.
> 
Hannah responds: I hope that she's referring to him appearing in a 
retrospective chapter (what happened at GH/ the prank etc.) or maybe 
in another pensieve scene.  What would happen if they did priori 
incantum on Bella's wand?

>Alla continued: Rowling already proved that she is not afriad to 
write about death - 
> Cedric is dead, Lily and James' deaths are always haunting Harry, 
so 
> iif it will turns out that Sirius was not "properly dead" in the 
> first place, it will not cheapen the meaning of the death in the 
> series for me at all.
> 
Hannah again: I do agree that JKR has shown she's not afraid to 
write about death, but I don't know if that would make it any better 
(IMO) if old Sirius comes bounding back from the behind the veil.  
Also, Sirius' death was in different league to the deaths of Cedric, 
James and Lily (for me anyway).  

Cedric was a relatively minor character, whom Harry wasn't overly 
keen on anyway (of course it was sad when he died, but bear in mind 
people had thought it was going to be Ron or Hermione prior to book 
4).  Lily and James have always been dead for us - there is no 'oh 
no, they're dead' moment.  While Harry of course is sad about it, he 
never really knew them and has always been used to the idea that 
they are dead.

Sirius was different in that we knew him and loved (or hated) him.  
He was a much more complex and 3-dimensional character than Cedric.  
His death was a surprise to us, and to Harry.  Harry loved him and 
he had been an important part of Harry's life, so he was even more 
upset about him dying, and missed him.  Because of this I think it 
is important that he of all the dead characters stays dead.  OTOH, I 
do trust JKR to write it well whatever happens, probably in a way 
that I can't imagine.  Maybe she'll do it so well I won't feel 
disappointed after all if he comes back.

Hannah