Managing Dead Sirius (was Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP)

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No: HPFGUIDX 142521

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lucianam73" <lucianam73 at y...> 
wrote:
<big snip> 
> One thought more: when all plotline trouble is over and supposing 
> we'll have a happy ending, how will JKR manage Sirius's being dead? 
> It is reasonable to expect Harry will miss him, in the middle of all 
> the 'Hooray the Wizarding World is saved!' festivities. Just 
> wondering.
> 
> Lucianam (obviously not happy that Sirius is dead).

Marianne: 

I'm already perturbed at JKR's management of dead Sirius. Speaking as 
someone who was a young teen when I lost my mother, the idea that 
there was no memorial service for Sirius struck me as heartless for 
the lack of support that sort service could have given to Harry, as 
well as a sign of respect for the deceased. (Attendence by Order 
members would have been voluntary, so Snape could have avoided showing 
up <g>.) Instead, Harry deals with his grief by himself at Hogwarts, 
and then shuts himself in his room at Privet Drive until DD takes him 
to the Burrow. This lack was all the more glaring to me when we were 
later treated to a funeral for Aragog.

Now, I realize there was a plot reason for Aragog's funeral.  And, 
just because we saw no memorial service for Sirius doesn't mean there 
wasn't one.  However, since JKR didn't even mention in passing that 
any sort of service was held, I'm of the opinion that there was none. 
Maybe Wizard culture says that if there's no body, there can be no 
service. If that's the case, they should rethink that, IMHO.

Towards the end of HBP Harry muses about going to see his parents' 
graves at Godric's Hollow.  My thought then was that the idea would 
occur to him to do something himself, such as place some sort of 
marker/stone for Sirius near his parents' graves. I can envision this 
happening early in Book 7, thus providing Harry with an additional 
boost in his determination to bring Voldemort down.  Or I can see this 
at the end of the series, as a way to mourn and say goodbye not only 
to Sirius, but to everyone else who was hurt by Voldemort's 
depredations.

Marianne, who's also not happy Sirius is dead.