Sirius' House

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No: HPFGUIDX 61598

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> What do you suppose will happen to Sirius' house and effects now 
that 
> he's gone? Will he have left his belongings to his godson Harry? 
Will 
> the OotP still be able to use it as their HQ? 

And another question - Sirius says he ran away from home when he was 
a teen.  He obviously rejected his family's attitudes about purity of 
blood, etc.  Someone removed his name from the tapestry, but, since 
he inherited the house, does that mean he was never disowned by his 
parents? Or, if he was disowned, does that suddenly not have any 
legal standing if the parents die?  Any experts on inheritance law 
out there?

> And, I was so sad to see that he was the one to die, but you 
> know . . . once we saw where he "was" in this book--trapped in that 
> dreadful house with that insane little elf, unable to safely leave 
> now that everyone knew he was an animagus . . . he WAS feeling 
> reckless, I think he WAS a little confused about Harry, I think his 
> time in Azkaban and being stuck in his awful childhood home with 
his 
> mother's portrait screaming . . . I think the stir-craziness 
> certainly didn't help his state of mind. I think there were only 
two 
> choices for his character, now that he was left without possible 
> moves in the "game"--either (sadly) kill him and give Harry one 
more 
> burden in his young life or somehow convince the entire wizarding 
> world that he was innocent and not dangerous. I'm not sure he was 
> entirely "not dangerous" anymore--he was getting too reckless for 
> that--and while I don't think he would have deliberately hurt 
> someone, he was either going to get himself killed or he was going 
to 
> get someone ELSE killed and I think the guilt would have pushed 
what 
> was left of his good sanity over the edge. I think the chance of 
his 
> being able to really "heal" to live a normal life with his godson 
was 
> pretty slim with the risky state of the wizarding world, fighting a 
> two-front war with both Voldemort AND the Ministry. I'm glad for 
his 
> sake that he was able to go out actually DOING something.

The problem I have with this is these people know magic.  Why was 
Sirius forced to stay in the house?  I mentioned in another post that 
he could have Polyjuiced himself, if for no other reason than to take 
a stroll through London.  And don't tell me that Polyjuice has been 
used too much as a plot device. That's like saying, "Okay, we're 
bored with this magic. Give us something new or we won't believe you."
JKR wouldn't have to see it.  It could have been a throw away mention 
in a conversation.

Remus supposedly lived somewhere.  Could Sirius not occasionally have 
gone there?  He had a wand.  Could he not have Apparated to a known 
safe place, just for a respite?  I mean, these people know magic, do 
they not?  Do you mean to say that not one of them could think of a 
way to give Sirius a break in his stay in this house that is so 
dreadfully awful? 

 This whole idea that he *had* to stay in the house just reeks of a 
set-up to provide a convenient way for JKR to play into his reckless 
streak to ensure he got killed. It's all too pat for me.

In the past some people on this list have said they found GoF Sirius 
unconvincing because he seemed too normal, too healed, too mentally 
balanced.  Does the portrayal of him here seem more like what the 
would expect from someone of his temperment who had spent so much 
time in the isolation of prison?  If that's so, does that mean he's 
true to form here?  Or is this also an inconsistent portrayal?

Marianne