Sirius confusing Harry and James

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"Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> I think Harry and Sirius had a symbiotic relationship going. A
relationship that was mutually delusional. Although, to use the 
word 'delusional' seems a bit harsh, perhaps, a mutually illusional
relationship would be better.
> <snip> 
> I see a very dark turn for Harry in the next book; a dark turn 
that scares me more than Voldemort. If I had to sum up Harry's new 
dark attitude in the fewest words, it would go something like this-
'Why love or be loved when it can never end in anything but 
death?'
>
> That's a very scary and a very lonely way to live. >>>
 
Laura:
 
Calling the relationship delusional or even illusional (is that a 
word?) seems harsh to me.  Part of the problem here was that these 
2 people just didn't know each other very well, and when you are in 
the early stages of a relationship it's easy to make incorrect 
assumptions.  The person you're getting to know reminds you of 
someone else, or they look like someone else, or you misinterpret 
their actions...any or all of these can happen. 
 
Yes, they needed each other and that need drove some of their 
behavior toward each other.  But they would have come to know each 
other better over time and with closer and more regular contact.  I 
don't see any evidence that Sirius really ever confused Harry with 
James.  James would be his point of reference for Harry, of course-
all of us who know our friends' children look for the adult in the 
child.  But Sirius said what he said in OoP out of frustration, not 
confusion.  Molly was just being spiteful.  
 
As for the darker direction of the next books...Steve is right 
about Harry's state of mind. Keeping his humanity is in fact Harry's 
ultimate challenge.  If he kills LV but loses his capacity to love 
in the process, he's lost the war-at least his own personal one.