Why Do You Like Sirius?

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Casey writes:
>I'll be honest, I never have liked Black. I found him immature, 
>dismissive of other's feelings and cruel. Even as Peter was their 
>friend he made fun of him, wanted to pick on Snape because he was 
>bored, and wanted the full moon, even though he (assuming here) knew 
>it was difficult for Remus. Then later on he would show his 
>disappointment because Harry wasn't foolhardy as James was. 

Sirius had his faults, but he was one of my favorite characters.  I 
did find him rather annoying in OoP, but I think that was mostly 
because he never got to do anything.  He was bored out of his mind.  
He escaped from Azkaban to get revenge on slimy Wormtail (only to be 
denied that) then spent the rest of his time in hiding or waiting 
around for some kind of action.  He exchanged one prison for 
another.  He came from a long line of nasty Slytherins, so the 
occasional nasty remark is not one bit out of character.  I think I 
like him mostly because he was trying hard to fight his upbringing 
and to become the sort of person that James would respect - the sort 
of person that he thought James was.  Yes, he had plenty of nasty in 
him, but he knew right from wrong and he tried to take the correct 
path when it was most important.  Sure he was vicious and petty over 
trivial things, but he would have died for James and for Harry and he 
would NEVER have gone over to Voldemort the way Wormtail did.   And 
let's face it, I wanted a father figure for Harry, even a flawed one.

Nicky Joe