[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius Black

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 14839


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer [mailto:pennylin at swbell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 12:56 AM
> To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius Black

Me:  
> >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) 

Well, I have been proven wrong here, but I maintain my opinion that
Sirius will make an excellent parent even though he is "only" 36 by GoF.
But this raises another question: doesn't anyone find it strange that 
he was supposed to be Voldy's second in command if he was only 
21 or 22 in 1981? I think this is fairly young for such a "high" position.
What I want to say is, how could he have become so important a
personality when there were certainly quite a few more experienced
Death Eaters around? Very strange. But it confirms to me that Crouch
may actually have had another good reason to get him out of the way.

Penny:
> I think it's also important to note what he has to say about Barty
> Crouch Sr. when he talks to the Trio in the cave near Hogsmeade (Ch
> 27).  You can tell from his remarks that he clearly has a good idea of
> what a responsible caring father does and does not do.  He has some very
> sharp comments to make about Barty Sr.'s parenting skills. 

Excellent point. The whole conversation in the cave shows that he
is indeed a thoughtful person, and he has had *a lot* of time to
think about everything that is going on in the wizarding community
since his return from the tropics. So, who would make a good parent?
IMHO someone who is able to serve as a role model to his children,
and Sirius is absolutely up to it.

> His hair is black -- long matted black hair (I think this is when the
> television report is on at the Dursleys but I could be mistaken). 

No, the color of his hair actually isn't mentioned until GoF. In PoA
it is only said that it is long, matted and filthy. For some strange
reason, I always pictured him with dark hair, even before I knew
that he was a good guy. Maybe because I hoped he would turn out to
be good...

> His
> hair is definitely black though -- it's somewhere in PoA (and probably
> GoF too). 

It's mentioned in the scene when his head appears in the fireplace and
in the scene taking place in the cave near Hogsmeade, but nowhere
in PoA.

> And, since JKR has said that Sirius was intended to be "dead
> sexy," it supports my theory that she definitely has a "thing" for men
> with black hair (James, Harry, Hagrid, Snape, Sirius ....).  :--)

Well, her ex husband is a Portuguese macho, and even though she
has divorced him, she can't help finding dark haired types attractive. :->

Monika

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