Harry and Sirius (was Re: Harry and Boggarts)

[witchypooh67]

No: HPFGUIDX 122785


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Magda wrote:
> ...snip...
> 
> >>When Harry is prevented from communicating with
> Sirius, he feels closer to him than ever.  For all
> these reasons I think it was the IDEA of the other
> that each really cherished, not the present situation
> but some abstract future time when they could be
> godfather and godson, once the uncomfortable present
> was got over with.
> 
> Juli:
> OK, let me see if I understand what you're saying,
> Sirius and Harry don't really like spending time with
> each other, just the *idea* of being together? If I
> understood you correctly, then I disagree. As I see it
> they both enjoyed each others company, but they just
> don't know exactly how to behave. Sirius is constantly
> faced with the dilema of not knowing if HArry is Harry
> or James, he's never delt with children, he's never
> truly been an grown-up. Harry on the other hand has
> never had a parent figure in his life, Petunia and
> Vernon are just the people he lives with, he doesn't
> relate to them at all. So neither one knows how to
> act, they don't know if they should hug or something.
> I think if they had had the time they could really
> bond and become truly close.
> 
> Juli

Kelly:

I agree with Julie.  In OotP, Harry is acting like a typical angry 
teenager who has been through far more than anyone should. Sirius is 
acting like an angry young adult (remember, emotionally he is still 
in his early 20's, he didn't have the opportunity to live and mature 
in Azkaban) who feels unappreciated and helpless.  

When I first read OotP it had been months since I had read PoA and 
GoF.  When Sirius died, his death did not effect me much and I was 
frankly a little bit disappointed with how hard Harry took it.  
Later, when I reread the books back-to-back, I understood the depth 
of their feelings for one another.  I think Harry and Sirius really 
needed one another.  Yes, their relationship did connect both of 
them to James, but Harry needed a parental figure he could count on, 
and Sirius needed to participate and be useful to the cause. He 
could do that by protecting Harry. I will be disappointed if we do 
not contiue to see Harry grieve in HBP.  Sirius was very important 
to Harry, but not just because Sirius was his father's best friend.

Kelly, who REALLY hopes we see more of Sirius in some form