Managing Dead Sirius

[captainconk]

No: HPFGUIDX 142625

Lucianam:
> >Maybe in the WW it is absolutely necessary that you have a body in
> >order to have any sort of memorial service, goodbye ceremony,
> >whatever. How strange of them.
> 
> >Not that I ever understood JKR's take on Sirius. She practically had
> >him star two books - PoA and OotP - and now she's practically
> >ignored his death in HBP. Sirius's appearances in the HP series have
> >been sort like a rollercoaster.


CaptainConk now:

I think she (JKR) handled Sirius's death this way on purpose.
Sirius is taken from Harry is such a sudden unexpected way that he 
(Harry) doesnt know how to deal with it. Letting the topic just drop 
off also seams to fit the way he died. Poof! he was just gone. No body, 
nothing. Lupin even has to hold Harry back to keep him from running 
after Sirius. I think that she just left it the way she did, because we 
are seeing/feeling the WW thru Harry. No one goes out of their way to 
address it more then DD and in passing and Ron and Hermione. (and Harry 
doesnt really want to talk to them about it) So I think that it's 
fitting to the way he died to just drop the topic like that. I'm nto 
saying that I'm comfortable with it, but it makes sense if you really 
think about it.

Orna:
I also don't know how to figure out JKR's management of Sirius.

I had the feeling, that Sirius in many ways had no body – he is 
mentioned for his motorbike – in PS, then in PoA, even though, he is 
the main figure – we get a distorted picture of him – a mass-
murderer, viciously entering Hogwarts, and mostly disguised as a 
dog. Or - the Potter's best man, friend - he seems always defined by 
his relation to somebody/something else. There are a few minutes, 
where he is human, lovable, those few minutes, where Harry can dream 
of leaving the Dursleys. And then he is on the run again, featured 
only by his notes. In the OotP, he his captive in his family-house, 
which serve as headquarters - but he is again out of focus. 
Ironically, when he appears in full focus - it is in a false vision, 
luring him to his death. Featuring outside – he appears as a dog on 
the platform, or as a head in the common-room fire. Once he leaves 
his place and appears whole, human and vigorous – he dies – without 
leaving a body, a funeral, a memorial ceremony.

Captainconk again:
Basically I agree. It all just makes sense... Sirius is gone as 
suddenly as he appeared. It's too bad though.

Monica bows her head for a moment of silence for one hell of a guy.