Sirius' death (was: Dept of Mysteries Veil Room)

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No: HPFGUIDX 114629


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hannah" <hannahmarder at y...> 
wrote:
 
> Hannah: I never really considered that PoA is a book devoted 
Sirius, 
> even though he is in the title.  Like all of the books, it is 
about 
> Harry.  

Mac: agreed. How could it not be.

I would say PoA is more about Lupin than it is about Sirius, 
> or about even more about Snape.

Mac: agreed too. I am a Lupin lover (please don't let him be evil!), 
but I'll go wherever JKR takes me, much as I'd follow DD (flawed 
though he may or may not be). And yes, Snape, we do learn a LOT 
about him - tough nowhere near enough. The last 100 or so posts have 
been dominated by him - a testament to how complex he is.

> 
> Anyway, as to Sirius' 'function' in the remaining story, I think 
he 
> will play a part, but not by returning to life.  

Mac: No nor me either. I took JKR at her word, when she said (not a 
quote) that when someone is dead they stay dead. And yes I think 
he's dead because JKR said he 'had' to die and we would find out why.

It's that finding out why which, in my view, contains the nub of my 
comment that he would return - not physically (though Harry may talk 
with him 'beyond the veil' somehow or even as a past 'mirror image' -
 memory that Sirius may have left behind, like TMR's in the diary). 
Who knows? I'm not even going to try to guess.

However, I was trying to get across a fear/suspicion (of mine - fear 
because I love the Sirius character Harry loves) that we might not 
like what Sirius turns out to have *actually* been, once it is 
revealed (assuming there may be something to reveal).

>The backstory, the 
> events that went on when James and co. were at school is very 
> significant to so many of the 'mysteries' that are central to the 
> story.  Sirius will have his function in the future plot, 

*********but it 
> will be via his actions in the past, which we're sure to see/ hear 
> more about.***** 

Mac: (the above with asterisks is MY emphasis of your post Hannah). 
As you see above, fully agreed.