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[Mandy]

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> Alla wrote:
> She treated Sirius' badly while he was a child. How old he was when 
> he came to live with James? Sixteen?
> So, I don't think she would suddenly begin to love him or even like 
> him if she learned about his innocence.


Mandy here:
I disagree.  It's not his innocence she would have loved, but the 
revelation that her son was widely believed to be the heir apparent 
to The Dark Lord himself! And indeed was still considered to be so, 
until the moment he moved the Order into her house.  That would make 
2 betrayals in her eyes.  The first when he left home to associate 
with Mudblodds and muggles, and the second when she realized, as her 
portrait self, that the wildly held belief that he was indeed the 
heir to Voldemort had been nothing but a lie.    We don't know how 
Mrs Black dealt with Sirius imprisonment, but I'm sure it stood 
better with her than his activities with the Order. Or maybe not, 
perhaps as you imply, he could do no right in her eyes.
 
But where in the canon does it state that Mrs Black treated Sirius 
badly as a child?  We don't know that. We know nothing of his child 
hood except that once Sirius reached an age when he began to express 
himself, probable sometime after he started Hogwarts, their 
relationship became full of hatred and disgust.  And by 16, life at 
home was unbearable enough for Sirius to leave.  He broke his mothers 
heart, just as she broke his.  

Mrs Blacks treatment of Sirius is directly parallel with that of Mr & 
Mrs Weasey's treatment of Percy.  Percy was a beloved child who has 
betrayed his family by unwaveringly believing in only himself, 
regardless of what the consequences are and what his actions mean to 
his family.  Couldn't Sirius also have been a beloved child whose 
rebellion lead to unbearable heartache?  After all, he was the eldest 
son and heir to the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.  I think 
so.

Mandy