Why did Harry get such a liking of Sirius to start with ?

[sarcasticmuppet]

No: HPFGUIDX 74391

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> What do you mean, it's a stupid question :-) ? Here, let me 
explain :
> 
> * When Harry learns of Sirius, he's a monster who's killed 13 
people.
> 
> * Then Harry learns that Sirius supposedly wants to kill him, which 
> makes his life even more miserable than it already was.
> 
> * Then Harry discovers that Sirius was his godfather, his father's 
> best friend and betrayed him to LV !
> 
> * On the Fateful Night, Harry believes for quite some time that 
> Sirius is there to kill him, and his hatred reaches boiling point : 
> he almost kills him. Getting Harry to hate you that much is no 
small 
> feat.
> 
> * Then the balloon blows up, Sirius is innocent, Peter is guilty, 
> everything is sorted out, and Harry loves Sirius. DUH !?!?
> 
> How EVER did Harry's feelings for Sirius change that fast and that 
> completely ?
> <snip>
> So can someone explain to me what happened in Harry's heart ? Is it 
> just that Sirius came at the right time in Harry's life, when Harry 
> desperately needed a father figure, so he just latched on to the 
> first man who let him do that ?
> 
> Del

Me (sarcasticmuppet):
I think Harry's mindset in PoA wasn't so much "I love Sirius" as it 
was "After watching Ron's rat turn into a dead guy and finding out 
Lupin is a werewolf I realize that Sirius is really innocent and I 
have to keep him from getting kissed by the dementors so maybe in the 
future I can get away from my evil extended family and live with 
him."  I don't think love kicked in until GoF, when Harry had a 
decent correspondance with Sirius and realized how much Sirius cares 
about him.