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

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No: HPFGUIDX 2190

> 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.
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> 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.

Really, why can't wormtail be the one to lay down his life for Harry, it'd
be a lot kinder to all us Sirius fans out here....who will we all drool and
fantasize over, if Sirius is gone before book 7?


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

At the risk of a "me too" post.....me too.  Although he's another character
that seems to be a favorite of those predicting deaths in future
books...giving up his life to save Harry as any decent godfather would.  I
dearly hope not as it crush me and taint the books in my esteem....He just
has to live through book 7 and a few years after...meet Cordelia, settle
down...have a couple kids and live the rest of his days in peace...then I'll
be happy!

carole




> (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.)
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