Crushes on characters (why Sirius appeals to me)

[siriusgeologist <lrcjestes@earthlink.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48132

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Linda C. McCabe" 
<lmccabe at s...> wrote:
> 
> Someone had asked before when you first started identifying or 
being drawn
> to a character.  Sirius Black is by far my favorite character in the
> Potterverse, but I don't think I started feeling that way after 
reading PoA
> or even GoF for the first time.  I think it had to have been after 
about the
> second or third time through as I sifted through all the myriad 
clues of
> evidence, etc. that I started reflecting on his pathos and it got 
to me.

I was sold after the first time I read PoA.  Sirius has always been 
my favorite character.  I don't know what exactly it was that I found 
attractive, but I don't see him as the bully a lot of the Snape fans 
see him as and I just do not find Snapes stringy hair and bad 
attitude towards the students attractive.  Yes he's mysterious, but 
ick.  I don't mean to offend all you Snape fans here, to each their 
own.  

>From what I read of Sirius he's a loyal friend, perhaps on the 
arrogant side as a teen, but he was realistically written teen boy 
(don't get me started on the prank..I know it's a major issue with 
snapefans) handsome, funny, talented, not a saint and has a cool 
bike.  What's not to love? Yeah he has a bit of a temper at times 
when he was young, but I'm with the PTSD crowd and think a lot of his 
irrational actions in PoA come from his instability as a result of 
being cooped up with Dementors for 12 years and then being afraid the 
guy who sent you there is going to kill the last remaining vestage of 
your old life who you promised his parents that you would be his 
guardian if they were to die.

He's got a lot of reasons for his irrational behavior...how about 
Snape?  I see Sirius as a good guy who's been though a lot and it's 
still not over for him, he's still eating rats for god sake.  I see 
Snape as a mean bitter guy who doesn't appreciate what he has and is 
determined to help everyone get theirs...you can tell he's just not a 
happy guy, what on earth is attractive about that?


> This is from an adult woman who has never felt drawn to a fictional
> character before.


I'm with you Athena...Sirius has it (besides he was written that 
way...JKR said so herself :) 

Carole
one of the original lurking oldy Sirius fanatics... :)
running off to hide now from the potions the snapefans are trying to 
throw at me ;)