A Case for Marauders

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 110042

RMM said:
"Always welcome at Mr. and Mrs. Potter's for Sunday lunch .....THOUGH?
THOUGH?
"Though" means "in spite of the fact that"
So, in spite of the fact that Sirius looked after himself, he was 
always welcome at Mr. and Mrs. Potter for Sunday lunch?
What sense does that make?"

DuffyPoo replied:
It makes perfect sense to me.  In 'spite of the fact that' Sirius was no longer living with the Potter family, that he was an adult, that he had gotten his own place and was looking after himself,  he was *always* welcome for Sunday lunch because he was still like "a second son" to Mr & Mrs P and they wanted him to have a family environment (a family meal) in which to share.  

This may be purely speculation, but I get the feeling from the series, that 'of age' wizards - those seventeen and above - are seen more as adults than they would be in the real world. "'Molly, you can't stop Fred and George,' said Mr. Weasley wearily. 'They /are/ of age.' 'They're still at school.' 'But they're legally adults now,' said Mr. Weasley in the same tired voice."  Most seventeen year olds I've known have been treated pretty much still like children.  Maybe it comes from being a wizard that they are expected to be more mature, more responsible.  So, even though Sirius was now an adult, was responsible for himself, the Potters still looked on him as a son, and wanted him to have a place to call a family home, since he'd left his family behind.

Let's look at it this way.  Say HP moves in with the Weasleys in the summer between OotP and HBP.  He turns 16 on July 31, spends Christmas and Easter holidays with them, and the first month of the summer after HBP, until he turns 17.  Then, from the gold Sirius (speculation!) leaves him, he 'gets his own place, looks after himself, feeds himself, etc.' he is still, in spite of the fact that he is an adult on his own, always welcome at the Weasleys' for Sunday lunch.  Simply because they still want him to feel like he belongs and has a nuturing, family environment in which to participate.



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