Dept of Mysteries Veil Room

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 114215

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> Kim now (also, forgive me if this is a rehash of previous posts):
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> Also, I too hope the Veil is a teaser, because I'm convinced on 
some level that Sirius isn't really dead... Else how do you explain 
still hearing people's voices if they're dead and gone for good?  
Should we take Dumbledore's word for it that Sirius is dead? 

Angie agrees:
Sirius is the focus of the entire third book.  It just makes no sense 
to me to write an entire book in the series around Sirius and then 
just kill him off.  It also seems cruel (I realize life can be cruel, 
but Harry has suffered enough loss in my opinion) to allow Harry to 
discover Sirius and then lose him that way.  And to leave him still 
without a parent/guardian at the end of the series?  That just 
doesn't work for me, either.

I think the veil is a teaser because of what Luna said to Harry about 
hearing the voices.  What other reason would there be for her to say 
that, unless she's just off her rocker, and I don't think she is.  I 
guess it could be a red herring, but I would hope JKR would be above 
that with regard to this particular subject. 

It's true that DD plainly said, "It's my fault that Sirius died,"  
but I think DD wants everyone, especially Harry and Voldemort, to 
believe that Sirius is dead, so that Voldemort can't use Sirius 
against Harry (and maybe he could also work for the Order).  
Remember, DD doesn't know for sure how much of Harry's thoughts 
Voldemort has access to.  So, Harry must be made to think that Sirius 
is dead.

Just had a thought:  I wonder if Harry could use the "Reparo" spell 
to fix the broken mirror?  We don't know if Sirius had it on him when 
he went through the veil.

Angie