[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR Chat - What was not said - IV - RIP Ron

[Silverthorne]

No: HPFGUIDX 92227

{Samnanya}

> Pride - Gilderoy Lockhart (not dead but not all there either)
> Greed - Ludo Bagman (i'd give 50 to 1 against his surviving)
> Anger - Hagrid
> Gluttony - Ron
> Sloth - Mundungus (he just seems to be the definitive slothy type)
> Envy - Fudge (envious of Dumbledore's power and prestige)
> Lust - hmmmmm..... Bill Weasley and the EEEEEnglish lessons?
> 
> Only Cedric was truly innocent, and he died because he strayed 
across 
> the path of the dark lord.....
> Just a theory, but I wonder.........

{Siriusly Snapey Susan}

Have a thought on where you would put Sirius in this?


{Anne}

Well, I don't know what her take on Sirius would be, but I honestly would actually name HIM as 'Anger' instead of Hagrid. Why? Well, first off, we have so many references to Sirius's quick temper ("He has quite the temper, that Sirius Black"). He hangs onto it, very passionately, both in regards to Peter (which kept him sane and alive in Azkaban all those years), and then with Severus--a man who he just can't help baiting and being baited by in return. 

And when that finally reaches the boiling point--well, he and Snape end up at wands-point with each other, and have stopped just short of hexing each other into oblivion. If that's not a man with a bad case of the 'angrys", I don't know what is.

By contrast, Hagrid's anger is few, far between and limited to the moment (Buckbeak being falsely accused, Hermione getting called a 'Mudblood', McGonagall getting blasted by several Ministry officials at once). It's impressive, but it doesn't define Hagrid the same way Sirius's anger defines him.

Just a thought. The rest I agree with...^^

Anne

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