Sirius

[Morsus Crustum]

No: HPFGUIDX 13494


Here's my opinions on the following points. Yada, yada, yada....

 >1. How did he survive with his brain intact in Azkaban all those years?

I believe that most prisoners of Azkaban are actually guilty of horrific 
crimes, and don't have much to look back on with happiness in the first 
place. I think that the Azkaban theory is that the guilt of said crimes is 
what haunts the people to the point of insanity. Sirius was innocent, and he 
lead a very happy, contented life (as far as we know). He had good friends, 
etc., so he probably had enough joy in him that he was able to withstand the 
Dementors. If you will remember, Hagrid was in Azkaban for a certain amount 
of time. Yes, he said it was horrible, yes, he said all he could think of 
were bad memories, but Hagrid is quite possibly the most innocent character 
in the entire book series, and I think that's what kept him sane.

 >2. Do you think volatility is a character trait or a symptom?

This is very hard to say. We don't really know enough figure this out. I 
would say that it's really just a symptom of a traumatizing *twelve years* 
in a black pit of Doom, knowing that your very best friends were dead, 
knowing that everyone thought that you had killed them, and knowing that 
their killer had happily sashayed into the sunset with the Dark Lord, 
receiving no punishment what-so-ever. But that's just my opinion.


 >3. Would he really make a good parent to Harry or would that relationship
 >falter if it was too close (so far Sirius has been there for advice but
 >hasn't had to play an authority figure to Harry yet)?

Sirius Black strikes me as a very good man, but a very irresponsible one. 
*dodges tomatoes* Face it. He was a Marauder. I don't think that James could 
have succeeded at single parenting. If Sirius adopted Harry, I would hope he 
would have found a wife *coughCordeliacough* to balance things out. In the 
cannon situation we have, I think that he would be infinitely better than 
the Dursleys. In short: Sirius is great, but I doubt fatherhood would sit 
well with him.


 >4.  Why do a large part of the HP fandom think he's sexy (besides the fact
 >that JKR said so...actually when asked if he was supposed to be dead sexy,
 >JKR said yes.)?  What is it about his personality that is or is not
 >attractive?

Sirius is a good bad guy. Seriously. I think that women, in general, tend to 
go for rugged "bad guy" types (okay, all Alan Rickman fans raise their 
hands....now all Snape fans....Draco? Point made). Sirius packs the tough 
image (Motorcycle, eating rats....) with the good guy bonuses (er, he isn't 
evil. That's a big plus!). I like him because he seems so fun. If a guy owns 
a flying Harley, he's got to be a *lot* of fun to be around, no? And am I 
the only one who wonders why the collective fanfic populous hasn't given 
*Draco* the obligatory flying motorbike?

 >5. With apologies to Monika, who just wrote to me and asked this question
 >this morning and I thought it was so good I included it....don't you think
 >it's a bit weird that Dumbledore sends Sirius to alert everyone? What will
 >they think when the escaped murderer knocks at their door?

I think that at this point, there are so very few people that Dumbledore can 
trust, he goes ahead and uses Sirius. I'm not sure I agree with the idea 
that the Old Guard would suddenly trust him, since I doubt they know 
everyone trusts him (if the news that Dumbledore trusted *Sirius Black* 
leaked, all hell would break loose), but there is the possibility that a 
situation born out of sheer desperation would merit the measure of using 
him. Is it just me, or does it seem that you would be interested in hearing 
the other side of the story if someone you grew up with as a friend was 
suddenly thrown in jail? The scene in PoA where Harry finds out Lupin knew 
Sirius, Lupin says something like "Yes, I knew him. Or I thought I did," 
this always struck me as him not believing that Sirius was guilty. At this 
point in my reading of PoA I began to suspect that there was (a lot) more to 
the story of Sirius. In fact, I was rather certain that Lupin *was* Sirius. 
So I never developed the hatred that I believe many fans had to overcome.

*wanders away*




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Morsus Crustum

Pen Name: Blythe Spirit, formerly Dervish
Obsession: 119%
Ship: Draco/Harry.
Favorite Book: Chamber Of Secrets
Favorite Character: Lucius Malfoy
HP Actor That's Unnervingly Adorible: Daniel Radcliffe

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