Living With Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 28313

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:
> 
> *heavy sigh*  I think I am in desperate need of a new support group 
> to advocate that Sirius is not seriously bent and a danger to 
himself 
> and others, but is simply misunderstood and doesn't always think 
> things out before acting.  Perhaps S.I.N.I.S.T.E.R. (Sirius Is not 
> Nutters; Instead, Sirius Tried to do Everything Right).
> 
> 

Count me in on this group.  I'm amongst the crowd that think "the 
prank" was something a foolish 16 (do we know he was even *that* 
old?) did.  And remember...Sirius did not tell Severus to go to the 
whomping willow, tap the knot and go in." All Sirius did was tell 
Snape where Lupin went each month.  Snape took it upon himself to act 
on that info.  NOw given Sirius knew Snape was the type that probably 
would...but noone compelled Snape to sneak out of the school one 
night act on the info provided.  I can really hear a teen guy 
saying "yeah I'll tell you where he went you nosy git" and really not 
consider the consequences of that statement.  Luckily James did.  
Obviously James was oodles more mature than Sirius in school.

There seems to be those who like Snape and those who like Sirius.  
I'm under the impression that in PoA Sirius has an extreme case of 
PTSD as parker suggested and anyone who wants a detailed diagnosis 
let me know (or Monika...are you still here?) There is a character 
analysis I did on Sirius in the archives somewhere. This explains a 
lot of Sirius' actions in PoA, but there is no denying that Sirius 
has a shorter fuse, but I tend to think the anger expressed in PoA is 
a result of his imprissonment than the result of an indemic character 
trait.

Carole
back to deep lurkdom and obsessing about the Outlander books, but 
couldn't resist a Sirius thread