[HPforGrownups] The real Sirius

[devika261 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19158

In a message dated 5/21/01 10:20:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lrcjestes at earthlink.net writes:


> My impression is that,
> yes in his youth he was on the studly side and was a bit commitmentphobic
> (sex-god and jerk)...Lord only knows where we get this idea...has something
> to do with him being described as handsome and seeming the rogue due to the
> mortorbike and all.  But it has always been my impression (even before
> GoF...and you can ask Penny to confirm this) that Azkaban effected a large
> change in his personality, and at 35 he is neither the sex-god nor the jerk
> as seemed to play out in GoF.
> 

I agree with you that now Sirius is the mature, kind man we all love, and I'm 
sure that 12 years in Azkaban has made a change in his personality and his 
outlook on life.  But I think it's possible that he was not a 
"commitmentphobic jerk" before he was arrested.  I think that his best 
friend's marriage must have had some effect on him, as well as the fact that 
he was Harry's godfather.  According to Hagrid in PoA, Sirius wanted to take 
care of Harry after James and Lily were killed, and he argued against sending 
Harry to the Dursleys.  As far as Sirius knew, the Dursleys were perfectly 
decent people who would take good care of their nephew, but he was still 
quite adamant about taking Harry.  I think the fact that he was willing to 
take care of his young godson even though Harry had other family shows that 
he was rather mature at that time.  Loyal, too.
>From the books, it seems like James was just as much a troublemaker as Sirius 
was, and yet he had a wife and son.  Hmmm...maybe it's the motorcycle.  But 
does being very attractive and owning a motorcycle necessarily make a man 
afraid of commitment?  Is this all just wishful thinking on my part?  I don't 
know.  But I still love Sirius (and Lupin...and Snape, for that matter--is 
that wrong?)
Devika :)


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