Some Sirius Black Questions.

[marinafrants]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "elfundeb" <elfundeb at a...> wrote:

> I think it is the sane logical Sirius that appears in GoF, more than 
> any other, that has raised questions in many minds, at least mine, 
> about Sirius.  The Sirius of the Prank, and the Sirius of PoA (till 
> about halfway through the Shrieking Shack), is indeed a very
volatile 
> person, a person of unthinking action rather than calm reflection.  
> He then pulls off a sudden transformation, 

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> In GoF he seems so calm, so 
> thoughtful, so methodical, in fact the antithesis of the
spontaneous, 
> uncontrolled person he was portrayed as in most of PoA. 

I'm not sure he's as calm and methodical as all that in GoF.  Coming
out of hiding to return to Hogwarts and live in a cave just to be near
Harry was a pretty reckless decision.  It's not as if he was able to
be on hand to protect Harry from immediate threats as a result;
really, a letter to Dumbledore is the only response that was
required.  And, as we find out, Sirius did write to Dumbledore, but
then he shlepped out to Hogwarts anyway.

I think the main differences between PoA Sirius and GoF Sirius are
that a) he's under far less immediate stress; b) he's had more time to
recover from Azkaban; and c) his impulses are now being channeled
constructively toward taking care of Harry, while in PoA they were
being channeled destructively toward killing Peter.  Let's face it, a
person whose energies are focused entirely on commiting a murder is
not going to come across as very nice.

Marina
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