Dumbledore's role in Sirius' death was Re: ESE!Snape (Was loads of other stuff)

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Kneasy wrote:
> > Regular readers of my burblings will know that I am not a great
> > fan of Sirius; I don't consider him to be a hero at all. Last year
> > there were a series of threads that covered this and I  stated
> > that Sirius is a rotten role model for Harry and that  he would
> > not be considered an admirable character by most *males*. The
> > distaff side may  regard him differently, but they always seem to
> > have a soft spot for flawed 'heroes'. 
> > 
> >snip<
> > Indeed, he tries to actively interfere with the plans
> > that DD has for Harry, has a confrontation with Snape (Snape the
> > winner on points), is dismissive of Kreacher and caps it all by
> > accompanying Harry to  the station (despite instructions/warnings)
> > and is promptly recognised by Malfoy.
> > Wonderful! With friends like these, who needs enemies?
 
Potioncat:
> This member of the distaff side doesn't care for Sirius either. (Me 
> and Molly, what can I say?)  I really don't know why Jo was so 
> upset at "killing" him off, unless it was because of the pain it 
> was causing Harry.


SSSusan:
This member of the distaff side, while recognizing certain failings 
in Sirius, does mark herself as a fan.  I'll even weakly admit that a 
part of it has to do w/ his sexiness. 

On the other hand, I think Potioncat has hit on something here w/ her 
suggestion that perhaps it was so hard for JKR to write Sirius' death 
**because of the pain it was causing Harry.**  This is the *main* 
reason for my own sadness over his death:  Harry has lost ANOTHER 
adult whom he loved *and* it was the adult he hoped to get to be a 
kid with, share a home with, share a life with.  

Sirius was surly; Sirius could be quite juvenile; certainly teenaged 
Sirius proved himself a git on occasion and Kneasy & others would 
argue he did so again as an adult.  But when Harry BELIEVED him in 
PoA, when Harry was filled with JOY at the end of PoA at the thought 
of having a "real family" again, I was filled with happiness for him, 
too.  Whether they would have ended up being GOOD for one another or 
not is certainly open to contemplation & argument, but for me, that's 
not what it was about.  For me, I was simply identifying with Harry, 
and feeling his hopefulness and joy at the thought that someone cared 
enough for him to come after him, to protect him, to WANT to share a 
life with him.  Taking all that away from him before it ever had a 
chance to come to fruition *really* sucked.  IMO, of course.

Siriusly Snapey Susan