[HPforGrownups] Character Summary - Sirius (is sexy) Black

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 13527

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carole Estes [mailto:lrcjestes at earthlink.net]
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Character Summary - Sirius (is sexy) Black

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

I know that I have said this before, but I think that it was his depression
that saved him from the Dementors. There wasn't anything they could
feed on, so his brain wasn't affected like that of other prisoners who might
still have had happy thoughts. His ability to transform might have
helped, too, because his emotions are less complex when he takes
his animagus form, but the main reason that he survived with his
brain intact was his depression IMHO.

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

Well, I have explained in another message a few weeks ago why I
think that it is nearly impossible that he doesn't have PTSD, so I repeat
that I believe that his volatility is a symptom and not a character
trait.

> 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)?

I truly believe that he would make a good parent. Whoever he was
before Azkaban, this experience has very likely matured him a good
deal, and a close relationship to Harry will help him to heal himself
emotionally.

> 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?

I am one of those who think he is dead sexy, but I confess that it is the
older Sirius I find attractive. Maybe it's an age thing (I am 41), but since
I believe that he might have been a rather carefree womanizer before
Azkaban, it's definitely the post-Azkaban Sirius who is attractive to me.
Maybe it's also his vulnerability after all he's been through. As I said
above, I don't think his volatility is a character trait, and in GoF he
definitely showed a lot of common sense in the letters he wrote to
Harry. He has shown that he is capable of taking his responsibility
for Harry, even though he cannot be with him, but that's not his
fault. And I think that I would find a good-looking guy under the
matted hair, once cleaned up and after a few good meals he should
be quite irresistible. <grin>


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morsus Crustum [mailto:slytherin_daughter at hotmail.com]

> 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.

Don't worry, I'll leave the tomatoes in the kitchen. ;) But I have to disagree
here. We are no longer talking about the 16year old boy who played a
rather dangerous prank on Snape but about a man of about 40 (no, I don't
believe that James and Lily died at 21) who has had a rather unpleasant
adult life that has certainly left its traces. The carefree Marauder is long
since
gone, and I cannot subscribe to the theory that he is a very irresponsible
man. His whole behavior in GoF showed me the contrary, but maybe my
British edition reads differently. <grin> We didn't see him do anything
rash, he has taken additional measures to ensure his own security, and
the advices he gives Harry look like those of a responsible parent to me.

> 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).

Well, I have to disagree another time. I don't go for rugged bad guy types
nor for biker guys in leather. I don't like Snape, and I think that canon Draco
is an insufferable little git. I *do* read fanfic, but it couldn't change my
mind
about Draco. That doesn't mean I don't believe he is redeemable, but in
canon that has yet to happen. So nothing of the above explains why
I find Sirius attractive. I think that once recovered, he will be a responsible,
caring man, and that's what I like about him.

Monika


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