[HPforGrownups] Non-animagus animal transformations / Sirius and Dementors

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 50102

Tosten:
Next, just why is Sirius overwhelmed by the Dementors' powers at the end of PoA? 
He made it through Azkaban, so he's kind of used to having many of them around, and 
he says it didn't affect him there because he wasn't really guilty. That hasn't changed, 
and now he's got even more that should give him purpose and strength, catching 
Pettigrew and protecting the kids from Lupin. Why did he change back into human 
form in the first place? He either lost his wand or is unable to summon a Patronus, so 
he's only making things more difficult for himself by taking human shape. It would be 
easier to escape the Dementors as a dog

Me:
Sirius didn't say the Dementors didnt' /affect/ him. He simply stayed /sane/ knowing that he was innocent. But the Dementors are still horrible beings, and Sirius feels it (probably even more keenly because of his years spent with them). Imagine having all your happiness taken away from you for 13 years, then you manage to get away. Imagine the fear of being taken back to them.

--Taryn

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