Sirius reservations

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 79949

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Nadia Kennedy
<hulahulagirl205 at y...> wrote:

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> But what really ticked me off about the whole Life and Death of
Sirius was how JKR made him act so different than he had in the other
books. The first time I read about Sirius' mood swings and anti-social
behavior , a tiny voice inside my head said "She's going to off
Sirius!" When it finally happened, I was disappointed in how crappy a
death it was. I mean with Sirius, I expected something somewhat
spectacular, not just a glad-he's-dead-now sort of thing. I know that
JKR liked Sirius, so maybe she was just "distancing" herself from his
death, but still, I feel more than a little betrayed by how she did it.
> 
> Nadia

I wonder if I'm alone in thinking Sirius' behaviour, well, logical
given the circumstances. During his two years on the run he'd been
hiding in the Forbidden Forest, somewhere in the tropics, and in the
cave outside Hogsmeade. Living on rats might be no picnic, but he'd
been able to be outdoors, stretch his legs, enjoy life in comparative
safety (no one knew he was an Animagus) and so on. In hindsight, this
was probably the worst mental preparation for 12 Grimmauld Place you
could think of, letting the bloke get used to fresh air and sunlight
again and then shutting him inside a place he hates with a passion.

On the other hand, I do think Sirius is somewhat overdone in the
chapter "The Order of the Phoenix". Even if he is gradually sinking
lower into depression during the autumn it'd been more effective if it
hadn't been the first thing Harry noticed about him. But he doesn't
get really moody until it's clear that Harry won't be staying with
him, I think Hermione's got it right.  

My reaction to the death scene was something like "Damn, it wasn't
supposed to happen yet", but now I've grown into it any other way
would have felt affected, unrealistic, cheap even. 

Alshain the dumbstruck (10 000 new posts since I logged in last)