Some Serious points in favour of Sirius

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 104653

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lavaluvn" <lavaluvn at y...> 
wrote:
> You are absolutely right, my bad!  I never even saw the original 
post 
> about the Firebolt being an "apology", just jumped right in the 
> middle. An obvious and embarassing case of movie contamination.  
> After not posting for so long I guess I went a little overboard.
> 
> Thanks for setting it straight,
> Andromeda

Demetra:
I was the one who originally posted about the Firebolt, and to 
clarify it was an (admittedly feeble) attempt at sarcasm.  Here is 
what I wrote:

Ron was sitting up in bed, the hangings torn from one side, a look of 
utmost terror on his face.
"Black! Sirius Black! With a knife!"
"What?"
"Here! Just now! Slashed the curtains! Woke me up!" (PoA, page 266) 
So, Sirius decides he needs to exact revenge on PP, so he goes after 
Scabbers, and by default Ron, when they are asleep. What did he 
intend to do with/to Ron? Do you really think he was planning to 
carefully isolate the rat and stab it while causing no harm to Ron?  
Or did Sirius think that any harm that came to Ron was incidental to 
his need to get revenge? Great Godfather he is – willing to kill/harm 
Harry's best friend. But he sent Harry a firebolt, so that probably 
would make it even in Sirius' mind.

I don't now, nor did I ever believe that the Firebolt was sent as "an 
apology".  I do, however, believe that in his single minded pursuit 
of Wormtail, Sirius would have harmed Ron if Ron got in his way.  

Demetra