[HPforGrownups] Sirius & Harry (was: Which SHIPS will sail? )

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 135322

 

Marcela wrote:
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As a final addition to this, it always struck me as "too rushed and 
simple" when Jo had Harry accept Sirius Black as a surrogate father 
in PoA.  I mean, I understand that Harry had always dreamed of 
someone like Sirius to show up in his life and that nobody could 
surpass the Dursleys' mistreatment, but I thought that Harry was too
quick to agree to live with Sirius.  After all, he was a perfect 
stranger and enemy before that Shack night! In addition to this, Jo didn't take advantage of Harry spending half his summer in Grimmauld Place (OoTP) to get to know Sirius much, we 
the readers were a bit disappointed at the lack of interaction 
between those two. 

Juli now:
 
It may seem a bit quick for Harry to agree to live with Sirius, but: 1) Life at Privet Drive pretty much sucks, 2) If James & Lily trust him above others, so should Harry, 3) He spent 12 years in jail for nothing, 4)Only cares about Harry's safety, 5) Is his Godfather, 6)Is his legal Guardian, 7)Remus, his favorite teacher treats him like a brother. These reasons seem enough for me.
 
Sure we'd have liked to see much more between Harry and Sirius while they were at Grimmauld Place, but we don't know everything that happened there, there could have beeen a lot of conversations backstage, conversations Jo didn't write because they gave too much too soon, or just because they weren't important.
 
I remember last year there was a whole thread about why Harry doesn't ask questions about his parents, if you're interested I could look up the number.


Juli
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