TBAY: Baiting the Sirius Apologists (Banging On The Dishwasher )

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 47098

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> Cindy stepped onto the wooden dance floor at the center of the 
> Tavern and slipped her wand from her uniform.  She took careful 
aim 
> at the wall and began to write:
> 
> ************
> 
> "What he really wanted (and it felt almost shameful to admit it to 
> himself) was someone like – someone like a *parent*: an adult 
wizard 
> whose advice he could ask without feeling stupid, someone who 
cared 
> about him, who had had experience with Dark Magic . . . .  And 
then 
> the solution came to him.  It was so simple, so obvious, that he 
> couldn't believe it had taken so long –- Sirius."
> 
> ************
<snip>

> "Isn't this canon strange?  I mean, Sirius is supposed to be a 
good 
> guy.  He was on Dumbledore's team, and he is probably good at 
> Transfiguration.  But there's nothing to suggest he knows the 
first 
> thing about Dark Magic.  We've never seen him perform any, and he 
> hasn't even conjured a Patronus, so far as we know.  Yet here JKR 
is 
> hinting that Sirius is someone who 'had experience with Dark 
> Magic.'  What could she be implying there, exactly?  That Sirius 
is 
> *Ever So Evil,* do you think?"

"Uhm..." Marina steps out from behind Dicey.  Her Sirius Apologist 
robes are still freshly creased from the package, and the shiny 
motorcycle boots she bought specifically for stomping on Sociopath!
Sirius claims are only a lilttle scuffed, but she's doing her best 
to look confident.  "Can I take that one?"

Dicentra and Cindy both nod.

"Well," says Marina, "it seems to me that 'had experience with Dark 
Magic' is a rather vague phrase.  It can mean 'experience working 
Dark Margic,' or it can mean 'experience dealing with Dark Magic.'  
Now, Sirius grew to adulthood during the first Vold War, when Dark 
Magic was running amock everywhere.  Now, theoretically, I suppose 
it's possible that he spent the years between Hogwarts and Azkaban 
doing macrame or writing reports on cauldron bottoms or something; 
but in practice I think it's a pretty safe bet that he was out there 
fighting the good fight alongside James and Remus and the rest of 
the "Old Crowd."  And if that' the case, then Sirius has had 
experience with Dark Magic in the same way that a homicide cop has 
had experience with murder."

Marina smiles hopefully and looks to both Dicey and Cindy for 
approval.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com