Jumbled thoughts on how Harry could have killed Sirius

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Marianna Lvovsky <mariannayus at y...> wrote:
> > On the point of Harry's losing his temper when
> > someone verbally 
> > trashes his parents.  I have wondered if, in the
> > future, we will see 
> > Harry have the same reaction people making
> > disparaging comments about 
> > Sirius. Harry has not had many adults in his life he
> > can trust and 
> > respect and love.  If the relationship that's
> > growing between Harry 
> > and Sirius continues (no death in book 5, please),
> > and if Sirius is 
> > unable to clear his name, Harry can easily be in
> > situations where he 
> > will hear people revile Sirius.  I think it will be
> > harder and harder 
> > for Harry to remain quiet.
> > 
> > Marianne
> > 
> > 
> 
> However, I think he will remain quiet: otherwise he
> will be betraying Sirius. And not only is it easier to
> control oneself when one gets older, Harry
> demonstrated he can control himself when necessary (if
> nothing else, living with the Dursleys would have
> taught him that). Harry is reckless to *personal*
> consequences when someone bashes his parents (e.g.
> going for Sirius even though he is much smaller than
> SB and Sirius is supposed to be an unhinged murderer,
> or going for Aunt Marge even though that would get
> Dursleys after him as never before). I don't recall
> him endangering anyone else with these outbursts. Lily
> and James are dead, they won't be endangered, but
> Sirius is alive, and very much will be.
> 
> Marsha


Actually, I was thinking mostly of Snape when I mused about Harry 
verbally jumping to Sirius' defense. We all know that Snape and 
Sirius can't stand each other.  At the end of GoF, Snape sees the 
interaction between Sirius and Harry right before Sirius leaves.  So 
he knows that the two are more than just casual acquaintances.  Even 
though it seems that JKR hints at the end of that book that Harry and 
Snape are heading towards a better understanding of each other, I 
wouldn't be surprised to see Snape deliberately provoking Harry  
about Sirius.  If you can say nasty things to a 13-year-old kid about 
his murdered father, you're not above saying nasty things to a 15-
year-old kid about his godfather, especially when you can't stand 
said godfather.  I think that if this were to happen, especially in 
private, Harry would by no means hold his tongue.

Marianne