leaping to sirius's defense

[Tandy, Heidi]

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Magda wrote

> He strikes me as one of those
> charming guys that are great in their 20's but don't marry or mature
> like their friends.  The kind of guy who'll still show up on his
> motorbike in a black leather jacket (which is getting a tad snug
> around the waist) and expect his married buds to join him at the pub
> on the night that their kids are playing a semi-final soccer game.  
Yeah, probably


> He doesn't seem too bright either.
This is probably not the case. Professor McGonagall, in PoA, chapter 10 - in
describing Sirius and James, she says, "Both very bright, of course -
exceptionally bright, in fact..."
And it's obvious that her standards are pretty high, too.