How Sirius' death suits Dumbledore? Was: Re : Harry's Role in OotP (long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 130537


> Betsy Hp:
> I agree about Sirius being an emotional support for Harry.  Though 
> Sirius is so emotionally bruised himself in OotP that I think he's 
> not always the best influence on Harry.  However, his love for 
Harry 
> is genuine and I think that it's one of Sirius' strongest assests 
to 
> the Order.  (Well that, and his connection to the underground.  
> Didn't Sirius bring Mundungus in?) 
> The reason I think Sirius was the weakest member of the Order was 
his 
> own emotional instability (I wonder how much drinking alone he did 
> throughout OotP) and the fact that he was a wanted criminal.  
Sirius 
> was of very little use to the Order because he wasn't able to leave 
> the Headquarters.  Everyone else in the Order seemed heavily 
involved 
> in various diplomatic and reconnaissance type work that Sirius 
could 
> not participate in.  It's also unfortunate that his animagus form 
had 
> been compromised.  

Finwitch: 

Well, yes - Sirius was emotionally unstable. I believe he was 
fighting for his sanity and claustrophobia. His love for Harry is the 
one thing that helps him. Obsession got him out of Azkaban. (and 
since then, he's had a tendency to fall on obsessions. I think he was 
obsessed about getting rid of Black things, but not enough so to kill 
Kreacher...)

As for Mundungus, he's in because he owes Dumbledore -- so no. As for 
Harry, they keep each other sane. Sirius is LESS obsessed whenever 
Harry is around. Like with the tapestry - the portrait - even 
Kreacher... and of course, Lupin helps also.

As for Sirius' disappearances... was Lupin around? If not, it may be 
on Full Moon and Padfoot kept Moony company... he may have been 
writing letters to be opened in case of his death or something like 
that... looking after Buckbeak, too.

Finwitch