Apology - Sirius - Doomed - V's supposed mindreading

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 22467

First, deepest apologies to Steve VANDER Ark for misspelling his name. 
 I didn't catch it 'til my post showed up in digest.  Does this mean I 
don't get to assistant edit?

Koinonia wrote:

>The question should be 'is Sirius really a good guy?'

I find that very easy to answer:  YES.  Like Snape, he isn't always 
*nice*, but he's definitely *good.*  I find his flaws more tolerable 
than Snape's because while Sirius has shown himself to be thoughtless, 
I don't ever see him being cruel, and cruelty is the hardest thing for 
me to forgive (and, ::turns on broken record::, he was thoughtless 
when he was *16* and grudge-filled when he was *just out of 
Azkaban*--I can cut him some slack).  But I know this is one we have 
to agree to disagree on.

One thing we do emphatically agree on is that our "doomed" list is 
long.  All the posts saying "this one won't die, that one won't die" 
cheer my heart, but sadly, I can't believe they'll be vindicated.  JKR 
said the deaths start in book 4, and she has made it crystal clear 
that things are going to get a lot tougher and that she wants her 
readers to feel the impact of this kind of violence.  Now, this is the 
same woman who thought we'd be deeply upset by Cedric dying, so maybe 
it's not going to be as bad as she's making it sound.  But I think she 
knows that we aren't going to really hurt until someone like Hagrid, 
Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin, Snape, a Weasley (BESIDES Percy), or one of 
the Trio dies.  And that's precisely why some of those people are 
doomed.  JMNSHO.

Amanda wrote re: V's ability to detect falsehood:

>Why do people think this?  Isn't it based on something Voldemort 
himself says?

He does see through Harry (PS/SS 17) and Frank (GF 1), but it doesn't 
take a genius.

I think his claim is a plain old intimidation tactic.  He turns those 
nasty red eyes on you and says "I always know when you're lying," and 
after that it's pretty hard to lie without trembling like a plate of 
lime jello.

Amy Z

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