Sirius revisited

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 104158

Jocelyn Grunow wrote:
> Instead he was locked in a house he hated, with all around him 
> infused with a mighty purpose he wasn't able to assist....  No one 
> had the time, or perhaps the will and insight, to counsel him, and 
> he would have needed a LOT of that.  No one loved him enough.

Del replies :
The rest of your post was convincing enough, but this bit I disagree
with. I think there was at least one person who cared a lot for
Sirius, who loved him : Remus Lupin. In PoA, after being separated for
years, after having suspected each other of treason years before, they
embraced like brothers. In OoP, we are told that Remus lives at GP
when he's not on Order's business, and we see that he keeps a close
eye on Sirius. Remus is obviously very concerned about Sirius, and I'm
sure he tried his best to help him. But I think that it was *Sirius*
who refused his help. Sirius was a proud, arrogant man, and he used to
be one of the leaders of the Marauders, while Remus was a follower. So
I think Sirius might have refused, quite unconsciously maybe, any help
his best friend wanted to give him. He tried to heal himself, but
unfortunately that included reviving the Marauders, with Harry in the
role of James (I'm not saying Sirius was aware of what he was doing,
though). It was a bad idea, especially with Harry being so different
from his father, and it backfired on Sirius, making him feel even worse.

Del