Sirius & Remus post-Hogwarts (was: Snape and McGonagall)

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No: HPFGUIDX 119513


Carol:
> When Sirius left Hogwarts, he was distanced from his own family and
> had only the Potters, who had informally adopted him. Then James's
> parents died or were murdered, and James himself got married and was
> presumably less available for risky adventures than he had been as a
> schoolboy. They were no longer inseparable companions, especially
> after James became a father as well as a husband. Sirius must have
> used the Order as a surrogate Hogwarts, a new source of adventures,
> this time for a good cause but also at much greater risk.
> 
> But meantime there seems to have been some sort of distancing 
> between him and Remus Lupin, a mutual mistrust that probably had 
> some relation to Lupin's being a werewolf. 


SSSusan:
I was with you up to this point, Carol, but unless I'm 
misinterpreting what you mean, I disagree with the last statement.  
I've got nothing firm upon which to base this, other than how quickly 
Remus & Sirius forgave one another in the shrieking shack, but I 
really do not believe that any mistrust or distancing on Sirius' part 
was in relation to Lupin's being a werewolf.  Unless by that you mean 
simply because of his monthly absences they were together less 
often?  But I can't imagine the fact of his being a werewolf having 
caused Sirius to pull away or to doubt Remus.  


Carol:
> ...to me it's no wonder that Sirius in OoP focuses on his carefree
> schooldays, when the worst consequence of his recklessness (in his
> mind) was detention (I really don't think he really considered the
> potential consequences of the so-called Prank for anyone, including
> himself, and particularly not for Remus Lupin). There was nothing 
> fun about the years that followed: the disintegration of a four-way
> friendship, the deadly serious business of being an Order member, 
> the death of the Potters, his own idiotic mistake in proposing 
> Peter as Secret Keeper, his rash pursuit of Peter after Godric's 
> Hollow and the horrible consequences. . . . It makes perfect sense 
> for Sirius to focus on his schooldays, the only happy time in his 
> short life.

SSSusan:
This I agree with.  I'm reminded of the Bruce Springsteen 
song, "Glory Days."  An understandable focus on those school years, 
but still sad that a life didn't get to move onward towards more 
adult accomplishments and gratifications.

Siriusly Snapey Susan