Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: X-Man
Originally posted by: Lonyo
He's the godfather apparently.
And why does anyone care?!
And apparently he is an important character because the writer says she cried when she wrote it (yeah, right
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He's an important character because he's a badass and Gary Oldman is playing him in the movie.
No f%$#ing way, Gary
Oldman?!? Damn... that's some really good casting. I mean you have Alan Rickman as Snape and now Gary f%$#ing Oldman as Sirius. Crimeny. Any word on who's playing Lupin?
Sirius was important because in the books he was the closest thing Harry really had to a father. He couldn't show up all the time obviously, what with being a wanted man, but in the fourth and fifth novels he's been the person Harry's gone to for advice most, beyond Hermione and Ron.
Anyway, yes I think Sirius will be back somehow, but probably not physically. He may appear in spirit or something similar, but probably not for a while. At the very least it'll be at the ass end of the 6th novel. Hell, I'd say it might be something like Harry pulling off some weird double Patronus and summoning the stag (
his dad/Prongs basically) and a giant dog. (
Sirius as Padfoot) Or not. Who knows. Based on the fact that JKR has gone to the trouble of introducing the Archway but hasn't explained it like most of the other things they saw in the Department of Mysteries I'm fairly sure it'll be revisited.
I think an eighth novel and beyond is perfectly possible and would be greatly welcomed. The whole thing about there being seven novels was just JKR saying that she had the whole storyline planned out in seven novels in her head. An eighth would probably pick up after the whole Voldemort plotline while Harry is studying to become an Auror.
One last thing: is anybody else getting the impression that Harry is going to wind up teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts? (
In one way or another) I mean they haven't been able to keep a teacher in the position for more than a year and Harry was basically teaching the practical course for the last book, not to mention it's the one subject he's incredible at.