Sirius' death

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 127833


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Katrina" 
<katrinabarnard at y...> wrote:
> 
> Right here goes, I think I might be unpopular after this and I 
> accept that I have little right to criticise as I am a student 
> and not an author but... I thought that Sirius's death was lame. 
> 
> -Pause while you gasp with shock-
> 
> I mean he was Harry's mentor/surrogate father/best friend and a 
key 
> character (I thought) for the future books and instead of dying 
> bravely in battle he falls through a doorway!
> 
> I can hypothesise that JK may have been trying to demonstrate the 
> frailty of life or how the dead are still close to us. But I feel 
> that it could have been expressed in a more dramatic and fitting 
> way.
> 
> I mean, what's next? Harry dying due to a heavy sneeze? Neville 
> being killed by a cactus? Dumbledore swallowing a fatal Arsenic 
> flavour Every Flavour Bean?

If we assume JKR chooses here words very carefully and she writes 
with extreme precision then, therefore, we can safely state SB died 
by going through the veil--as opposed to getting zapped by an AK 
curse--FOR A REASON. (I'm not arguing whether it's a good or bad 
reason, mind you)

My hypothesis remains this is because (and canon is literally 
SCROFULOUS with clues pointing to this) Harry will end up going to 
the Underworld after Sirius. This wouldn't be possible if Sirius had 
died of consumption, pleuresy or bubonic plague.

Just my 2 knuts,

-Joe in SoFla