Sirius : PoA vs GoF, and Pre-Azkaban

[delwyn_march]

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From: delwyn_march
Subject: Re: Sirius : PoA vs GoF, and Pre-Azkaban
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7294] Re: Sirius as womaniser
Date: 8/19/00 5:23 pm  (ET)

<<Certainly there is a HUGE difference in his character from PoA to
GoF, but that's another story (on which I would appreciate thoughts;
it's been bothering me).>>

I think we've overlooked one major change in Sirius' situation between
PoA and GoF : in PoA, he was *alone*, and obsessed with the idea that
Peter might kill Harry or hand him to V and that nobody knew about it or
could help him prevent it from happening. While in GoF, he's got allies
and friends caring for him and working with him : Dumbledore, Remus,
and maybe others, not to mention, of course, Harry, Ron and Hermione. Who
knows how much Dumbledore and Remus have helped him overcome his Azkaban
trauma ? After all, we know he talked to Dumbledore before escaping from
Hogwarts, but we don't know *what* they talked about (apart from Peter's
betrayal of course). It could be for example that Dumbledore told him
about V trying to return back to power and that he (Sirius) would be
particularly helpful in fighting this, which would help him regain his
sense and control over his emotions. And at the end of GoF, Dumbledore
tells him to go to Lupin's and he goes without asking questions which
implies IMO that he knows where Remus lives : maybe he's already been
here recently, maybe that's where he was before returning to Hogwarts
(nobody ever said werewolves couldn't live in tropical countries !)

As for what kind of person he was pre-Azkaban, I quite agree with those
who see him as not too extroverted and quite moody. That would fit with
what he did to Severus. I mean, I'm quite introverted and moody myself,
which means that I usually keep my feelings inside, which would be all
right if there weren't people ( very few of them !) who just irritate
me so much they make me want to ... er, yes, kill them ! While my more
extroverted friends just tend to want to fight them. So I would rather
see James as a fighting extroverted person, and Sirius as a rather
introverted but boiling inside person. And that would explain why he
didn't think about what would happen to Remus had his plan worked : when
I'm erupting (very rarely, hopefully), I just don't care about *anything*,
and particularly about who I might hurt, I just need to vent my anger. And
again, consider what he did to Harry, strangling him just to get rid of
him in order to get to Peter. We all agree he's always cared about Harry,
but he just forgot it because he was so angry at Peter.

Hope I made sense.

Doriane