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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.





Julie:
I can see Carol's theory working, with the emphasis on Sirius being  the
one who is able to get Harry back to the living, and *only* Sirius, as 
he didn't really "die" but fell behind the veil, taking his body with  him.
*That* would be the meaning in Sirius's death, that he was able to  help
Harry live again. It's certainly something Sirius, dead or alive,  would
consider a great accomplishment and honor. Despite his faults, I  think
he really does love Harry (yes, even if he only knew Harry as a baby
for a brief 16 months, and wasted most of his golden opportunity to know 
Harry as a teenager). In Sirius's mind this might even be something of 
an atonement to James and Lily, for convincing them to make Peter
the Secret-Keeper.
 
IMO, having a funeral for Sirius's body would be purely secondary,
since I don't feel Harry needs that to come to terms with his loss. 
Meeting Sirius again behind the veil and getting the chance to
say goodbye would accomplish that quite nicely. I'd be quite happy
with just a reference (perhaps in that final epilogue) that Sirius's 
body was respectfully buried, no doubt next to James and Lily. 
 
Julie, liking Carol's theory for the most part 


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