Sirius Black-What a Guy!

[linda_mccabe]

No: HPFGUIDX 44280

"bugaloo37" 
Posed a question regarding my favorite character:  Sirius Black.

bugaloo37 said in part:
  First of all,  I do not think that anyone could have a 
> more loyal friend than Sirius. He is passionately loyal-in fact, 
he 
> is passionate about everything.

Very true.  Passionate is the word that springs to mind.  Maybe 
that's why so many adult women like myself seem to swoon over him.

I swear this is the first fictional character that has captured my 
imagination.  I believe most of it is knowing how much he has 
suffered.  Being unjustly incarcerated and unable to prove your 
innocence.  (Heavy sigh)  And then to have him spend the next two 
years living in a forest or in a cave eating rats!  Ugh!

That just goes off the scale on the Hurt-Comfort meter for me.

Personally, I don't hold it against Sirius for slashing the Fat 
Lady.  Nope, because to me that was simply a literary device by 
JKR.  She wanted somehow for him to get inside the tower and go for 
Ron and not Harry.  Giving us an important clue that he did not wish 
harm on Harry, but someone or *something* else.  In order to get 
inside, she wanted someone other than the Fat Lady.  Enter the weird 
Sir Cadogan.  Which then leads us to having Neville's memory problem 
being highlighted once again with the passwords on a slip of paper.

Nope, things that seem to be totally structured for plot and not 
necessarily strong character motivations don't make me dwell on them 
too long.  Instead I look at the conversations in the bar about him, 
the Shrieking Shack scene, and GoF to base my opinion on the guy. 
Fiercely passionate is what I'd say.  And yes, he has a temper.  
There's no disputing that, but given his history I can't say that 
I blame him.


And I am hoping that in Book 5 that JK Rowling will let Sirius drop 
the convict-on-the-run look.  Make it so he doesn't resemble his 
Wanted photo.  Please Jo clean him up a little.  Maybe some new 
robes, a shave and a haircut.  Let him sleep on a nice warm bed and 
get a decent meal on a regular basis.  We know that he's dead sexy, 
but having matted hair that is probably infested with fleas - well, 
um, he won't be bagging any babes looking like that!  Give him a 
nice cover so he can actually Have A Life.  And if she gave him a 
steady lover, all the better.  ;-)


Athena


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"You will have to figure out how to deal with Nadine Henderson 
across the street though," Arabella said. 
"Who's she?" asked Sirius. 
"A single mother in her thirties with a small daughter. She looks
at any man who's not behind bars or mentally incompetent as a
potential future husband. That includes married men, I'm afraid. 
She'll be drooling the moment she sees you." 

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