Some Sirius Black Questions.

[nyarth_meow]

No: HPFGUIDX 36192

Apologies if this has been covered before, but I was wondering if I'm 
the only person who thinks Black isn't quite all that he appears? 
OK, all I have is gut-feeling and no real evidence, but I'm 
interested to know if anyone else has the same?

 I just can't help thinking he's too good to be true, and that Harry 
trusts him *way* too readily.  Within the space of an hour, he goes 
from Sirius Black, evil parent-killing traitor, to Sirius Black, can 
I move in with you please? 
In that space of time, IMHO, Black might have proved his innocence, 
but he doesn't give a very good account of himself.  He breaks Ron's 
leg without remorse, is all set to kill a man in cold blood, and pays 
*very* little attention initially to Harry in his obsession with 
Wormtail.   And why did he slash holes in the Fat Lady?  If nothing 
else, he's not very stable. 

I know Azkaban is not considered good for your mental health, but 
there's another pre-Azkaban event that raises questions;

Did Black really intend to kill Snape when he played that prank on 
him?  He set him up so he'd come face to face with a werewolf.  
Surely he knew this could easily result in serious injury or death?  
This is a step beyond the usual schoolboy prank even if they did hate 
each other.  Dumbledore told Harry at the end of "Philosopher's 
Stone" that his father saved Snape's life, so he clearly believed 
the "prank" could have resulted in his death.  How did Black escape 
expulsion?  An attempt on the life of another student strikes me as 
about as serious as it gets, however unpleasant that student might 
be.  Did Snape do something truely awful to provoke it, or was Black 
just not thinking of the consequences?

Oh yeah, and I know he can stay inconspicuous by being a dog, but how 
do you hide a hippogriff?

-Nyarth  (Is more of a cat person ^_^)