[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' death (was: Dept of Mysteries Veil Room)

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 114409

SS Susan said:
> Perhaps some do question; others, I think, just 
> take Lupin's statement "He's dead" and NHN's statement "He won't be 
> coming back" at face value.  We adults are more inclined to question 
> or--esp. because she's JKR!--to look for subtleties which could 
> appear as one thing but actually indicate something else.  
> I compare this Sirius' death issue to the kids' (I know) view of 
> Snape.  They don't see the layers of complexity most of us adults 
> do; they think he's just flat-out a mean bad guy who unfairly picks 

Which is why I think JKR saying she won't lie to kids about death doesn't
really apply here. 

All we have is circumstantial evidence: characters have said that Sirius
is dead, but no one saw a body and no one specifically said what that
veil was. All other info about his fate was (deliberatly) misleading. If
JKR wanted to bring him back (which I don't see as very likely, but for
the sake of argument, cuz that's what we live off of on this group), all
she would have to say is that Dumbledore and Lupin were wrong. It isn't
lying about death to say that characters were wrong. Lying about death
would be bringing back Cedric. 

Just sayin. I won't believe he's gone until I see his cold, dead, sexy
body. :)

Aura

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