Why it had to be Sirius

[lucianam73]

No: HPFGUIDX 141940

Mhershey2001 wrote:
>
> In the weeks leading up to the release of OoP, after JKR revealed 
> that a major character died, there was a lot of speculation about 
who 
> it would be, and if I remember correctly, Sirius was not high on 
> anyone's list.  Now that we know it was him, and now that we have 
had 
> about six weeks to analyze every single word/theme/hint/prediction 
in 
> the book, I am wondering what people's theories are about why, in 
the 
> name of the plot, Sirius had to die.  .......

> Any other ideas?  
> 
> 
>

Well I was just wondering... I read some good posts discussing how 
JKR's interviews very definitely say the death in OotP was, well, 
definitive, and how the plot of her books very much collides with 
Sirius being gone for good. For example, what would be the whole 
point of PoA and why make Harry (and us) suffer such excruciating 
agony, thus making Ana Karenina and Gone with the Wind look like a 
bit of light, cheerful reading.
It made me wonder if the death in OotP that she mentioned in her 
interviews was really Sirius's. When you think about it, there were 
some close misses before the Veil scene, namely Mr. Weasley being 
attacked by Nagini and Hermione being hit by that purple curse. Both 
characters are very important to Harry and JKR specially likes 
Hermione. What if one of those "misses" were not a miss, but an 
actual death? What if that was the character death that got JKR so 
upset, and Sirius's was just a hoax?
I know I sound crazy, but how wacky was the story of Lord 
Voldemort's Servant and the Potter's Secret Keeper being Percy's old 
rat?

Needless to say I have SAD DENIAL written accross my forehead. I 
think Sirius being really dead would completely ruin the whole 
story, and why would JKR do that to her books? There must be another 
explanation. Maybe not this one, but who knows... There must be a 
plot twist coming.

Lucianam