Fairy Godparents

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:
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> 
> I did wonder if Sirius was the 'fairy godfather' (no reason JKR 
> shouldn't be equal ops in the 'fairy godperson' department), but 
> while he certainly sends Harry gifts and gives him advice (as any 
> good godparent should, 'fairy' or not), I can't remember a fairy 
> story where the godchild had to rescue the godparent. :-)
> 

Well, then you also have the fact that Sirius is not all sweetness 
and light (hey, I like the guy, he's probably my favorite character 
but the man does have some issues, both reasonable and otherwise).  I 
never said the analogy is perfect; JKR has a tendency to overturn and 
complicate archetypes as well as employ them.  But I think some 
parallels can be drawn.

~Christi