A theory regarding the "innocence" of Sirius Black an...

Wed Jan 29 00:24:41 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 50925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anakinbester 
<anakinbester at h...>" <anakinbester at h...> wrote:
> But, What if Sirius was, if not working for Voldemort, involved in 
> Dark Magic? We know from Snape that Black did try to kill him. 

I can't let this pass.  We know that's what Snape *thinks.*  We still 
do not know that that was Sirius' intent.  Boy, I hope JKR gives more 
backstory on this.  Although, perhaps this is the perfect example of 
JKR skillfully making her readers believe that Sirius is not to be 
trusted, that underneath that handsome exterior beats a heart of 
darkness.  

> Honestly I don't know what the whole situation was, but that's not 
> normally what you do to someone even if you hate them, and Sirius 
> showed no remorse about it even later.  So to me that's always 
> indicated that Sirius might not be as calm and levelheaded as he 
> comes off in GoF. 

Ah, see? You fell right into JKR's trap! ;-).

Marianne