[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius

[Gwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 132660

On 7/13/05, Fitzov de Sullens <kayt.williams at btinternet.com> wrote:
 Now Momy424
 
 I have to say that I don't really buy this theory.
 Not that I wouldn't love to, but I seem to remember
 this question posed to Jo that Sirius was not really
 dead after OoTP came out and her saying quite
 vehemetly that he was truly dead.
 
 
 Now Fitzov:  Beg to differ.  JKR has always been
 extremely coy about answering this question and has
 certainly never given a yes or no answer.  In all
interviews she refuses to answer any questions about
 Sirius' 'death' on the basis that this is a spoiler to
 those who have not read Book 5.  She once offered to
 answer the question in a poll on her website, but
 readers voted for her to answer the question about
 Mark Evans instead.


Now Gwen: Although JKR never answered the poll question about Sirius'
death, other quotes indicate that Sirius' is doubtlessly dead.

BBC interview right before book 5 was released:
JKR: "Yeah. Well I had re-written the death, re-written it and that
was it. It was definitive. And the person was definitely dead. And I
walked into the kitchen crying and Neil said to me, 'What on earth is
wrong?' and I said, 'Well, I've just killed the person.' Neil doesn't
know who the person is. But I said, 'I've just killed the person.' And
he said, 'Well, don't do it then.' I thought, 'a doctor' you know, and
I said 'Well it just doesn't work like that. You are writing
children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer.'"

It is highly unlikely that she would be this upset over one of the
minor character's death in OoP.

>From the World Book Day Chat:
Why did you kill Sirius? It made me very sad :(
JK Rowling replies -> I'm really, really sorry. I didn't want to do
it, but there was a reason. If you think you can forgive me, keep
reading, you'll find out. [I feel really guilty now].

Together these quotes point to the fact that Sirius is dead, even if
she hasn't said that exact phrase.  Nonetheless, as others have
argued, this doesn't mean that we won't see Sirius again in some form.
 Who knows, maybe we'll even be seeing him again in a couple of days!

Cheers,
Gwen