Why do we always gang up on Sirius?

Melanie Holmes holmesclan2002 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 9 22:48:20 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 105367

Val:
> Why is everyone so against Sirius? <snip>
> I think people aren't blaming James as much as Sirius in the 
> Pensieve scene because, well, he's dead and deserves some 
> respect. If I wasn't in denial, I'd say so is Sirius, doesn't 
> he deserve some respect? Anyways, my point is: Sirius is not a 
> bad person, he's not evil and I really wish people here would 
> stop portaying him as a bad guy most of the time...
 
SSSusan:
> I don't think "everyone" *is* against Sirius or portraying him as a 
> bad guy most of the time at all.  I don't see why pointing out a 
> problem, flaw, arrogance, whatever you want to call it, with Sirius 
> is necessarily being "against" him or portraying him as a bad guy.  
> Lots of us have been arguing for quite some time that these 
> characters are GREY and complex.  It's easy to "like" a character 
> and still see his failings.


Melbaluna here....concerning our frustration with Sirius:  Maybe we're 
just mad at him because he died. I mean, he was kind of arrogantly 
taunting his opponent (and laughing, kind of like he thought it was a 
game). Maybe we just wanted him to be RESPONSIBLE and not blow it for 
Harry and everyone by showing his immaturity at such an inopportune 
moment. It was a little foolish bravado on his part resulting in a 
death that didn't need to happen. His recklessness equates to a big loss 
for all of us!    ( Sniff...)

Melbaluna





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