"Bad" Sirius (was Re: Prophecy wording)

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 128117


> Sherry now:
> She [JKR] was quoted as saying that the animagus form comes 
> from inside the wizard, based on their personality, who they 
> are inside.  I'm paraphrasing, obviously.  
>
> So, that being the case, Sirius just cannot be a bad guy.  
> Dogs are not bad.  They are loyal to death.  They would die 
> to protect their pack, their family unit so to speak.  They 
> just do not betray.  I've literally trusted my life and safety
> to dogs for the last 30 years.  Nothing can ever make me 
> believe Sirius could be bad, simply on the basis of his 
> animagus form. 


Kathy writes:
Sorry, I wasn't clear.  I didn't mean to suggest that Black's 
animagus form had anything to do with anything, good bad or 
indifferent.  I just wondered why Bellatrix would call him "the animagus, Black".  Pettigrew might have told V that Black was an animagus, but that doesn't explain why Bellatrix would not refer 
to him as "Black, Harry's Godfather" or "Black, her cousin", 
(which should have come to mind more quickly than the animagus)      or even "that mudblood lover, Black?"   It Just seems odd to me.  
Anyway, I don't intend to try to convince anybody of anything.  
I am just curious about the story.  I don't have anything against dogs, I have one of my own.  Frankly my dog would leave me in six lanes of traffic to save his own skin, and would not even feel bad about it.  There are dogs and then there are dogs.  I just think 
that Sirius might be a wolf in dog's clothing.
                                                                                                                                            
KJ