[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and Sirius (was: Please pass the tissues )

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 69957

In a message dated 7/13/2003 2:54:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rusalka at ix.netcom.com writes:

> It seems to me there's been a great scramble to retroactively 
> redefine Sirius' character in order to make to make his death appear 
> somehow deserved, or at least warranted. 

For me, I can state that this isn't "retroactive", nor a "redefinition" of 
any sort - I've felt all along that Sirius was as stuck in the past as Snape, 
just with an opposite PoV.  Certainly since the time he invited Harry to live 
with him - the first time he's seen the kid since he was at most a year old.  
That "interaction" between them - which is actually VERY limited - hasn't 
occurred yet at that point.  I thought then that he was casting Harry in the role of 
James's "replacement".

Was his death deserved?  No - even I won't say that.  Was it warranted?  Yes 
- by the storyline.

Sherrie


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