A pet peeve about Sirius-like men in literature (was: Should Harry Potter die?)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 2179

Not to diverge from the current discussion but...

At 02:27 AM 9/25/00 +0000, Susan McGee wrote:
>I don't think so. I foresee Ron and Hermione (who had become oddly
>formal with each other in Book IV)as being married, and Harry being
>the single one of the triangle, just as his godfather was.

At the risk of sounding like a male chauvinist pig, has anyone else
noticed how often woman authors take their most sexual male character
and put them through just as much hell as they can devise?  Charlotte Bronte
did it with Rochester (_Jane Eyre_), Louisa May Alcott with Dan (_Jo's Boys_),
and now JKR with Sirius.

I only hope Sirius in the end is offered some consolation and peace of mind,
like Rochester and unlike Dan.

(At least Jane Austen -- the Goddess bless her! -- Didn't do that sort of
  thing: The worst torture Mr. Knightley has to endure is the impertinence
  of  Mrs. Elton.)



                                                 -- Dave