Sirius revisited--emotional maturity

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 104313

> Katie wrote:
> > It seems to me (though I may well be wrong) that HP fans are 
> > often quite absolutist about the characters in the books. 
There's 
> > a tendency to see characters as overwhelmingly evil or good, 
> > begetting character assassination and complex theories 
(frequently 
> > involving charms and spells to affect personality) to justify 
> > a "good" character's morally ambiguous choices. My question is, 
> > why do we need characters to be overwhelmingly one thing or 
> > another, to a degree that would be unrealistic in real life? 

 Hi Katie,
I don't really figure myself for an absolutist regarding Sirius, In 
fact I can honestly say I percieve him in layers of goodness, 
misguidedness, self righteousness as well as intelligence sharp-
wittedness (In fact I reckon he was exceptionally fast on the uptake 
at his best) incredible courage and conviction but verging on 
stupidity.

However, and although I thoroughly agree with the statement made by 
others that Sirius' hotheaded and temperamental behaviour in OOP 
headquarters seemed entirely logical and not uncharacteristic at 
all, I still feel very strongly in favour of the 'Kreacher feeds 
Sirius a befuddlement draught' supposition, I don't know why it just 
makes an sinister amount of sense.

Valky