[HPforGrownups] JKR's writing in OoP (was Re: Sirius's Future)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 118147

--- justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've been taken to task for thinking that the living Sirius really
> had nothing more to contribute as a character, trapped as he was in

> his own depression and unable to offer much beyond bad advice to 
> Harry and his home as headquarters for the Order. His miserable 
> adult life was the tragic result of his own bad choices (the Secret

> Keeper switch and confronting Peter after Godric's Hollow chief 
> among them), and his death was also the consequence of his own 
> choices (going to the MoM rather than waiting for Dumbledore, 
> taunting Bellatrix instead of viewing her as a serious threat). 
> Please note that I'm not blaming him
> for trying to save Harry any more than I blame Harry for trying to
> save him, but both of them suffered for these seemingly right
> choices,
> and Sirius would be alive if either he or Harry had stayed away.
> Choices have consequences, and sometimes those consequences are
> painful.
>
> Carol, back from California and trying to respond only to recent
> posts


Risking the wrath of the List ELves to say "I totally agree" and it's
worth re-reading because it's so true.

Magda 


		
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