Sirius' body WAS:Re: Dumbledore in book 7 (Was: It's more complex than that....)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 164851

Carol:
> With regard to the main plot, if one of Harry's Voldie-acquired 
> powers is possession, and his method of killing Voldemort is to 
> force him through the Veil using Love as his weapon, possessing 
> Sirius's body would provide Harry's soul with a means of 
> transportation back to the WW. (Voldie's own fractured soul would 
> remain behind with his body.  He, like Sirius Black, would be truly
> dead. But Harry's soul would only be, so to speak, along for the 
> ride, and he, unlike the others, could return.)

Jen: Why is possession not the darkest of the dark magic in the WW 
and why, how, could Harry participate in such an experience without 
deeply harming 'the power the Dark Lord knows not'?  The idea of 
Harry practicing possession runs counter to everything Dumbledore has 
told him about how he is protected from Voldemort.  Possession is a 
vile power, it's far more invasive and controlling than the Imperius.

I like the idea of Harry taking a journey to the Underworld, seeing 
the people he loves and who loved him.  I feel certain JKR can 
accomplish this without having Harry stoop to Voldemort's level to 
make this journey.

Carol: 
> I like this version of events because it gives Sirius Black's death
> a purpose beyond a lesson in compassion for Harry (understanding the
> suffering that others have endured because of Voldemort) by 
> providing a means for Harry to go beyond the Veil and return alive,
> and it enables Harry to destroy Voldemort through a sacrificial 
> impulse without dying himself or committing murder.

Jen: JKR has promised Sirius death will be given meaning and I sense 
the purpose will be much greater and more valuable for the defeat of 
Voldemort than a personal experience for Harry.  All roads lead to 
Voldemort now and Harry has made a sort of peace with Sirius' death 
already.  Bringing Sirius' body back for a funeral and so the WW will 
know the truth is rather anticlimatic in my opinion, something the 
story has moved beyond, not to mention Harry.