Sirius Black-What a Guy!

[Marcus]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bugaloo37" <crussell at a...> wrote:
> I have read post after post by people who like Snape and/or Draco.  
> bugaloo37

I think you are confusing "like to read about" with "like as a 
person."  I do not like Snape.  He is a Mean Ugly Shnook.  However, 
he is by far the most interesting character in the books.  I can't 
wait to see Rowling peel back the layers of this guys so we can 
understand him better.  However, I do not like him, never have.

As to Sirius, I have a serious problem (no pun intended) with his 
temper.  Slashing up the Fat Lady was just pathetic.  Even Snape 
wouldn't do that!  Seeking to take the law into his own hands with 
Petigrew is not the trait of somebody I want to get to know.  Even 
Lupin got caught up in it.  If it hadn't been for Harry, both of his 
father's remaining best friends would have been guilty of murder, or 
at best manslaughter.

PoA was driven primarily with Black's desire for revenge.  If all he 
wanted was to protect Harry, he could have easily let Dumbledore 
know, or Lupin for that matter, about Scabbers.  Dumbledore or Lupin 
would have done the test, and that would have been that.  But he 
didn't, did he?  He wanted his revenge.  He keep telling himself that 
he was doing it for Harry's sake, but once he had Scabbers in his 
power, he forgot all about Harry and concentrated on destroying Peter.

No, Sirius has a big problem with his temper.  Now, let me get 
unjustly locked up for 12 years and see how forgiving I am.  :) 
Hopefully he is coming to grips with it.  

Marcus