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Originally posted by sageofages
I am not buying it. A red herring is that a red herring. It can make the story more exciting. Just cause he couldn't be contacted with the other side of the mirror....different dimension, realm etc.
When Harry's parents are referred to the word "dead" is used, when those that were killed by Peter whatshisname (wormtail) were killed the word killed and dead were used. With Sirius it is never used. Phrases such as "he is not with us", "he is on the other side" "he has passed over" are used. Maybe, just maybe, this archway is difficult to get back through again. Until then, I am going to keep hoping Sirius is still *alive* and just not with us.
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Straight from JKR, via the
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I think what I was trying to do with the death in this book was show how very arbitrary and sudden death is. This is a death where you didn't have a big death bed scene. It happened almost accidentally, and that is one of the very cruel things about death, and they're now in a war situation where that really does happen, where one minute you're talking to your friend and the next minute he's gone. It's so shocking and so inexplicable... "Where did they go?" I found it upsetting to write, because I knew what it would mean to Harry.
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Sorry sageofages, he's gone.
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