[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius

[Fitzov de Sullens]

No: HPFGUIDX 132664


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


Fitzov:

Thanks Gwen, I was anticipating this response and am glad that you have quoted all of the relevant canon.

I agree that Sirius is properly 'dead' in that he has passed through the veil into the land of the dead and that this would give JKR reason for sadness, on Harry's behalf at least.  However, in the same way that Voldemort transcended death to return as a person very much alive, I believe that Sirius will do so now.  As I have posted before, I believe that Sirius is trying to answer JKR's question 'why did Voldemort escape death'.   And this leads inevitably to the question, 'how will Harry defeat Voldemort when Voldemort has already cheated death once already'.

In my theory, Sirius tries to copy Voldemort in assuming dark magic (learned from the library left in 12 Grimmauld Place) to transcend death and return as a person very much alive.   By learning Voldemort's secret, Sirius hopes to instruct Harry as to the only way in which he can possibly defeat him in Book 7.  

I agree with all the people who have posted recently that there is no point to Book 3 if Sirius is allowed to be killed off so easily in Book 5.  There therefore has to be a reason for Sirius 'death', and I hypothesise that that reason is to enable Harry to learn the secrets of Voldemort's survival.

 

Just a thory: although one of my favourites.

Fitzov

Fitzov

 



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