Sirius revisited/character discussions

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 104208

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" <melclaros at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" 
<Zarleycat at a...> 
> wrote:
>  I'm not sure I could even get you to scratch your head and 
> > say, "Hmmm, maybe she's come up with a microscopic point in his 
> > favor." ;-)
> 
> In the unlikely event that you did, I'd be there to shake him back 
> to his senses. Kneasy's assesment of Sirius was spot-on, I'm 
afraid. 
> I've said since PoA came out I couldn't like or trust that 
character 
> no matter how much I tried, and I did try. Even JKR found him dead 
> useless in the end. (Pun intended.)
> 
> Melpomene

Snow:
I am just curious if you liked the fake Moody before you found out 
who he actually was? And be honest! If your answer is yes, I would 
have to suggest that you watch out more for the likeable character 
than the unlikable one...cough, cough Sirius or Snape.
 
I have two stepsons who my husband referred to in the past as Cain 
and Cain. This is many years ago now but the first one, Chris, was, 
in Harry Potter language, like Lupin. (I'll skip the description of 
likeable) The second child, Jeremy, reminds me of Sirius (again 
skipping description). I was drawn at first to Chris because he was 
the more likeable of the two. Chris caused much less disturbance than 
Jeremy and was seen as the quieter of the two. As I dealt with the 
children, and there many circumstances, I came to realize that it was 
the Jeremy/Sirius type who I could always count on to be who he 
really was even though I might not have liked who I saw at first, he 
was, despite my first instincts, the less troublesome of the two. The 
Lupin/Chris type of person was  "I want you to like me" type 
personality whom everyone, including myself, did immediately like but 
became aware that he didn't like himself and proved that he couldn't 
be trusted. To get to the point Jeremy would do the wrong deed in 
front of you (making you dislike him more) while Chris would attempt 
to disguise it (and you fell for this ploy because the other was so 
bad) in hopes of blaming the obvious one. Jeremy would get into 
trouble ten times a week while Chris would not get in trouble for a 
year but when it came down to it Chris's trouble was always worse 
than all of Jeremy's trouble for that year combined.  
In the end, beware the likeable character especially in the Potter 
books!