Sirius, Squeamishness (WAS Sirius, House of James Potter)

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 34313

Katze wrote (about Sirius and Snape):

>Obviously there is disdain between the two. Sirius
> also didn't mind letting Snape's head bob up against the ceiling in 
PoA,
> but I'm not sure he would have gone through with letting Remus 
*kill*
> him. But that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

I'm a huge Sirius fan, as I've said many times.  I think I agree that 
16-year old Sirius wouldn't have intentionally let Snape get killed, 
but he would have done it recklessly.  Snape would have been just as 
dead, I guess, so maybe that's not the best argument to defend 
Sirius' honor.

If Sirius has changed at all since his Hogwarts days (which is highly 
debatable, BTW), I think he has become even more, well, dangerous.  
There is no doubt in my mind that, had Harry not objected, Sirius was 
going to kill Peter dead.  Dead, dead, dead.  Had Lupin chickened 
out, Sirius would have pushed Lupin aside, turned up the voltage on 
his own wand, and blasted Peter all by himself.  Had that not worked, 
Sirius would have killed Peter with his bare hands.  Sirius doesn't 
have a squeamish bone in his body.

By the way, Lupin and Sirius really weren't thinking all that 
straight in the Shrieking Shack.  If I felt I had to dispatch another 
human being in cold blood while that person begged for his life with 
three 13-year old kids standing around watching, I'd ask the kids to 
go stand in the hall.  Lupin and Sirius never even consider asking 
the three kids to step outside, even when Hermione turns to the wall 
to avoid seeing Peter murdered.

Anyway, I don't think that there are that many characters in the 
series who are squeamish about killing people.  Sirius and Lupin sure 
seem capable of it.  

Moody squeamish about killing people?  No way.  Moody would stand 
over the corpse cursing him, his ancestors and his descendants.  

Somehow I think Snape has it in him to kill someone, even if it isn't 
entirely necessary.  

Dumbledore and McGonnagall?  Hard to say.  

Harry?  Apparently not.  Not yet, anyway.  

Hagrid?  Yes, but he'd probably do it in a blind rage and feel bad 
and drink heavily afterward.  He might even kill the wrong person.

Arthur and Molly Weasley?  No idea.  

Wormtail?  He's one of the few characters who we know doesn't like to 
kill people or see people killed, although he did what he had to do 
when he blasted all those Muggles on the street.  That assessment is 
based on Wormtail's reluctance to curse/kill someone in GoF, and his 
unwillingness to look Harry in the eye in the graveyard.

Thoughts?

Cindy