OOP: (Sirius) A person is more than the worst thing they have done

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 63989

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" quoted Sirius's 
angry comments to Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack in PoA:

> "James and Lily only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it 
... I thought it was the perfect plan ... a bluff ... Voldemort would 
be sure to come after me, would never dream they'd use a weak, 
talentless thing like you ... "[PoA p. 271, Ch. 19]>

Hmmmm.  Isn't it possible that Sirius said these things out of anger?  
He might not have thought of Peter as weak and talentless back when he 
asked Peter to be the Secret Keeper, but now that he has escaped from 
Azkaban and is *this* close to to proving his innocence, his fury gets 
the best of him.  Remember, Sirius also slashed the Fat Lady when he 
couldn't get into Gryffindor Tower.  He could probably taste revenge 
on the tip of his tongue... I can actually imagine how he must have 
felt, finally being able to tell Peter all the things he couldn't for 
twelve years.  I'm sure I would have said some pretty nasty things 
too. 

and then Pip added: 
> Sirius sees some people as less important than other people. Peter 
is less important than James. Kreacher is less important than Sirius. 
Sirius's feelings about the house are more important than Kreacher's 
feelings about the house. James and Lily's life is more important than 
Peter's.> 

I say in response:
Well, sure.  Peter *is* less important now.  *Now*, Peter sucks.  
Then, however, Sirius valued Peter quite a lot as a friend and assumed 
Peter valued him as well.  Unfortunately, Sirius was seriously wrong.  
Everything Peter's Hogwarts friends once thought of him no longer 
matter, because he did betray them.  Why he chose to do so doesn't 
really matter.  Kreacher is also less important to Sirius just as 
Sirius doesn't mean a whole lot to Kreacher, as Kreacher proves every 
time he opens his mouth.  

There's something about Sirius and Kreacher's relationship that makes 
me laugh, though.  Hermione would be horrified.

--jenny from ravenclaw *********************