About Animagi, Sirius and a wild theory for Evesdropping

[Amey Chinchorkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 104211

Hi All,

>>>Tanya here
>>>>While it is hilarious to imagine a nose biting teapot animagi James,
>>>>he turned out to be a stag.

Animagi and Nosebiting Teacup??? A teacup is not animal.. so he can't turn into one as animagi, maybe charming himself into becoming one is possible (and given James, more than possible, highly probable, if he can be near Severus) :)


>>>>Kneasy:
>>>>Yes, she does. Naturally I discount this (would you expect anything else?)
>>>>My reading of McGonagals character is that she's one of those teachers
>>>>for whom all geese are swans, and in addition would use a measure of
>>>>hyperbole when talking of someone that a) she liked, and b) was dead. 
>>>>She just strikes me as that type. I may be wrong.

She is talking about Sirius, who is not at all dead, and given his (believed) history upto that point, she can't like him at all. SO whatever she says about Sirius must be right. Also Lupin confirms that... I dont remember exact words, but what he says boils down to fact that James and Sirius were very brilliant and so they could easily become animagi, and Peter needed their help. Also, to create The Map,  they had to be more than above-avarage intelligence, its one cool bit of magic. 

>>>>Katie
>>>> I think that Sirius is being judged a bit too harshly. Would you 
>>>>consider James always to be a sadistic bully? Or Snape to be an 
>>>>arrogant racist? Then why place so much importance on Sirius' 
>>>>behavior in the Pensieve scene? I don't think he comes out too much 
>>>>worse in that memory than anyone else (except Lily, of course.)

I agree here. There are very few black and white characters in WW, most people are shades of grey. Sirius might have been a bully, but he is definitely not the bad guy or spy. He comes across as a person who lost his best friend very early in life, and then he is trying to re-live the life. But he can't now live normal life as he is a person on the run. Also, he can't do anything to help Order more actively (and can't help to revenge the murder of his best friend, am I the only person who is thinking on this track?) Also, he gets enough taunts for being at home from Severus, and his other best friend (Lupin, i can't think of much friction between them now that only 2 marauders are remaining in a sense) is working actively. This all builds up a frustration, about which he can't talk (being a proud man, not arrogant). So Sirius is surely one character who needs some sympathy, because his life was not "Chosen by him" but "chosen for him". (After saying all this, I will really be very much sad if he IS the real bad guy, hope not, as his mirror is going to play major role, according to JKR).

>>>on 3/7/2004 10:30 PM, arrowsmithbt at arrowsmithbt at btconnect.com wrote:
> A thought occurs - if it was Peter, would he eavesdrop as Pettigrew at
> the door or as Scabbers in the rafters? If he was caught as Scabbers and
> thrown out, it adds a whole new dimension to the Weasley's pet rat being
> allowed at Hogwarts in contravention of the rule regarding pets.


There is rule in Hogwarts about bringing cats, owls and toads. I dont remember anything about rats, but it can't be illegal to bring them. I can't see McGonall allowing anything like that... And who caught Scabbers evesdropping???? A wild guess... Crrokshanks??? :) I mean, a rat has to run if cat comes sniffing, or he might had to transform back, and that would have been pretty bad scene if he was caught, might be end of him as member of Order.
That will really be interesting, as it will account for his dislike against scabbers from first place. Also, scabbers disappeared to get away from him, is there more in it than meets the eye? 


I have started to think of many wild theories now, so I must sign off...

Amey



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