Sirius, was Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: The Ginny Weasley Quotient

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 44872



Hi,

Thursday, October 03, 2002, 10:34:03 AM, bugaloo37 wrote:

> What basis  do you have for your opinion regarding 
> Sirius?  You stated it was a "gut feeling". But even gut feelings can 
> have some foundation in canon. 

As I said, the gut feeling stems more from the past
happenings then what came after PoA.

One thing, though, and I know many people (rightly) believe Sirius was
crazed from having been innocently imprisoned at Azkaban,
but the following scene has never stuck well with me:

PoA, in the Shrieking Shack
**************
But Black's free hand had found Harry's throat

    "No," he hissed, "I've waited too long --"

    The fingers tightened, Harry choked, his glasses askew.

    Then he saw Hermione's foot swing out of nowhere. Black let go
of Harry with a grunt of pain;
**************

I realize Harry attacked Sirius first, and while Sirius is
emaciated from his Azkaban stay, he's still a full grown
adult and there are other way's to deal with someone "short and skinny
and thirteen" besides choking them out.

And I'm not 100% sure he would have stopped if Ron and
Hermione hadn't helped out.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net