Sirius revisited

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 104351

SSSusan:
> > I thought I liked him; I thought I could *fairly* easily defend 
him 
> > if I gave some time & thought to it.  But you two have stunned 
me 
> > into thinking I can't.  I mean, saying he has a whim of iron 
[great 
> > phrase] strikes me as so true, and it does seem to follow that 
if 
> > faced with a personal stance that goes against good vs. evil, 
well, 
> > *would* he make the tougher choice??  I'm not so sure.

Kneasy:
> Oi! None of that! Stick to  your guns, you may yet be right.
> Just because there's a couple of posts that slipped past your 
guard,
> that's no excuse to give up on Sirius. What is  needed  is 
*proof* - 
> and so far nobody's seen any. Persuasive verbosity is no match for 
> eventual canon. Theories and suppositions are fun to construct but
> mean little unless JKR gives them the  nod. As a leading light in
> the Sirius Protection League you can't falter now. Have you no
> faith in your hero? 

Jen: OK Kneasy, I have proof that Sirius is meant to be a good 
character. Sure, you've heard it before, but it's basically 
irrefutable fact: JKR made his animagus form a dog. It's that 
simple! A dog, a pack animal, an animal who believes there's no 
shame in establishing a pecking order and that some dogs get to be 
alphas and some dogs don't. He's fiercely loyal to his pack, 
unafraid of crossing other animals who wander into his territory, 
and follows instinct rather than reason. There, Sirius in a nutshell.

Even in Potterverse, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. If JKR tells 
me Pettigrew turns into a rat when he transforms, then we find out 
he ratted out his friends, well that's enough information for me to 
decide what Sirius' character is (and wonder why they never 
suspected Pettigrew was the spy?). He can be ferocious, and might go 
bad if provoked enough, but Sirius' true form is innately loyal and 
eager to please.

Jen, loyal member of the Sirius Protection League