(MAJOR spoiler alert) Question about HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

[derby378]

I'm serious about this. If you haven't either read the book or seen the movie, do yourself a favor and move along, nothing to see here.



Now, for the rest of you, I've got an observation and a big question about Sirius Black and that arch - the one with the spectral veil. I'm sure you know whereof I speak.

Although neither the book nor the movie come right out and say it, I think that the veiled arch was used once upon a time to execute condemned wizards. Both Harry and Luna were able to hear voices on the other side of the veil, so walking through the arch apparently isn't as soul-destroying as the Dementor's Kiss is - but once you're through the arch, you're dead and gone forever.

Or so we're led to believe.

Luna dropped a big hint in the movie (and, more subtley, in the book) that whatever we lose that is precious to us has a way of finding its way back - even if it comes back in a way that one would not expect.

So, do you think this veil is simply a one-way ticket into the afterlife? Or is it a well of souls that can be broken by a wizard or witch who has the knowledge and power to do so? Either way, are J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers setting us up for a possible "return" of Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

Just a humble Slytherin here with a few lingering questions of his own. Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, fellow Slytherins, and Muggles alike, please feel free to weigh in...