[HPforGrownups] Re: Dark? Sirius (was: what were Malfoys) (longish)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 115016

--- Hannah <hannahmarder at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I agree there is more to Sirius than meets the eye.  Something made
> DD mistrust him even before GH, and apparently not even question
> his guilt afterwards.  Something also made Lupin, one of his best 
> friends, believe he was a spy before and after GH.  There's 
> the 'prank' and the issue of why he was never expelled.  There's 
> Snape's apparent conviction that Sirius was guilty of betraying the
> Potters.


For me, this is an important reason why I never felt very kindly
towards Sirius.  There is just something a little off about him - a
hair-trigger, "ready-fire-aim" quality that makes me think that while
his devotion to James and Harry is rock-solid and absolute, he's the
kind of high maintenance pal that is almost more trouble than he's
worth.  (Sirius-philes: please note I said "almost".)

He is in many ways best compared to Snape.  Just as we see Snape at
his worst because we see him through Harry's eyes and in Harry's
presence, so we see Sirius at his best for the same reasons.  For me,
if we remove the Harry-filter, Sirius is a much more ambiguous
character.

And since JKR has posted some of her own comments about Sirius on her
website, I might add that I found them quite believable and in
conformity with my views on him, although she's obviously more fond
of him than I am.

Magda


		
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