Quick Questionnaire v1.1

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 168567

> Dungrollin:
> k) Sirius will play a role in DH which can only be played by a dead
> person. Possibly the specific manner of his death will play a part as
> well (see Carol's theory). (Thanks Zgirnius.)
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> I don't know why I don't like k. Perhaps because JKR's often gone on 
> about how as a children's author you have to be a ruthless killer and 
> I'd feel it was a bit of a cheat if Harry and/or Sirius have an 
> escape clause. I wouldn't mind if the help from beyond the grave were 
> somewhat figurative, but literally? Not so much my cup of tea. Which, 
> of course, rules out nothing at all.

zgirnius:
If Sirius stays dead, it is not really an escape clause. I would also 
feel cheated if Sirius at the end of DH was back in the land of the 
living for the rest of his natural life. But in a fantasy series where 
there is magic, where dead people can leave behind imprints in 
portraits and ghosts, where their shades can return under special 
cirsumstances and affect reality, and where an evil wizard can avoid 
death by magical means, I guess I would not mind learning yet another 
way the dead can help the living. It is not as though we have never 
seen such a thing before.