Why Do You Like Sirius?

[Casey]

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Nicky Joe:
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.

Casey:
I never got that. I saw a Black that encouraged James' worst traits, 
not one that tried to improve himself for him. Is there a scene I 
missed that showed Black trying to make himself better for James?

Nicky Joe:
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. 

Casey:
Trivial? He tried to murder a classmate and used a friend as the 
weapon of death. That doesn't sound, to me, like he knew right from 
wrong. Or didn't care if he did. 

Nicky Joe:
And let's face it, I wanted a father figure for Harry, even a flawed 
one.

Casey:
So, it was the *potential* to be a father figure that makes you like 
him, even if he actually wasn't much of one.

I'm just trying to understand why people actually like him and want 
him to come back. I just don't understand the attraction.