Potterworld grown-ups are a sorry lot

[catorman]

No: HPFGUIDX 31101

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "raolin.rm" <raolin1 at h...> wrote:
> I'm not sure if that would really be for the best.  How, exactly, 
> does a dog -- even if he is a wizard (without a wand) -- help?  He 
> can't really stay around Hogwarts or Privet Drive any better than 
he 
> did.  He did rush to Harry as soon as he got out (although revenge 
> for James and Lily seemed to be a stronger driver than protection 
of 
> Harry) and as for sucking it up: he's sucked it up harder than 
anyone 
> else in the Potterverse that we know of.  Twelve years in Azkaban 
and 
> then two years of living off rats as a big black dog?  How exactly 
> does that jive with a selfless coward?


Did you mean selfish coward - makes better sense. 

Anyway, I totally agree with you - it has much been debated on this 
list about Sirius Black suffering from Post Traumatic Stress 
Disorder, which makes a lot of sense in the context of PoA - I won't 
go into it here as it has been much discussed before and is look-up-
able.  

However, just one dissenting thought - I'm not sure that revenge was 
his main motive in breaking out of Azkaban.  I thought that he was 
pretty sure that Harry was at Hogwarts, and was worried about 
Wormtail's proximity to him.  So, although he did want to take 
revenge on Peter Pettigrew, he also very much had Harry's interests 
and therefore his protection at heart.

Catherine