Sirius's Appeal

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> For me, these inner personality traits more than compensate for 
> Sirius' rather scruffy personal appearance.


Cindy, this is an excellent list of Sirius's herioc qualities that so 
many of us adore, moon over, fantasize about. JKR has said (On 
record? Where?) that yes she did indeed intend Sirius to be "dead 
sexy"-- I don't think she meant his appearance, but rather those 
noble and heroic qualities that we all long for and would cross the 
world to protect.

Protect? Did I say protect? Hmmmm! I think there is something about 
Sirius (and Remus also, I think) that awakens protective, nurturing 
feelings in many female readers. He is noble and brave, but we also 
nervously wonder if he is safe. we harbor wild fantasies about 
feeding him, giving him a bath, a haircut, a safe haven....

Yep. And no matter how ghastly he sounds in JKR's physical 
description, I think many of us believe that this is just the effects 
of prison, and that everything will improve once he is in a better 
place and has had a few nice meals and some loving female attention. 
This is not just fantasy-- it has some basis in the text. He is 
described as being very handsome and laughing in his pre-Azkaban 
picture, and when he speaks to Harry through the fire, Harry notes 
that his face is fuller and that he looks much healthier, much more 
like the old Sirius.

I hope this helps!


Suzanne
12" pussy-willow with thunderbird down
Gryffindor, Class of 1982