[HPforGrownups] Sirius's situation his fault? WAS: Re: Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 142402

Alla:


OK, I am only talking about Sirius being depressed in OOP. According 
to what I have read about depression, according to what I KNOW about 
depression, I think the analogy is spot on, so if you ARE accepting 
that Sirius was being depressed in OOP, how could depression be 
depressed person's fault?

Of course if you are not accepting that Sirius was being depressed, 
then we are talking past each other, I guess. So, I am writing on 
assumption that you agree that Sirius was depressed in OOP, if you 
don't please disregard what I wrote.


Sherry now:

JKR has said that the dementors represent depression.  I'm sure she means
serious debilitating depression, not oh i lost my favorite ear rings, I'm so
depressed now.  Imagine living with severe depression for 12 years!  And
then, as you are starting to heal being shut away again.  I live in
Washington State, a place with month after month of gloomy sunless skies.
It is documented here that many people suffer from seasonal depression in
the winters, because they don't get enough sunlight and fresh air.  Grimauld
Place has got to be the most unhealthy place Sirius could live.  but he's
there.  He's there for Harry.  I find that noble and honorable, not
something that deserves criticism.  I'd like to think that someone who loved
me would be willing to put themselves into an uncomfortable situation if i
needed them, or that I would do that for them.

Why is it that most Snape defenders always see Sirius as the baddie in the
OOTP argument?  I'm an admitted ESE Snape person and a staunch Sirius
defender, but I think they were both wrong.  Snape pushed Sirius' buttons,
and Sirius allowed them to be pushed.  So, ok, they were both acting more
like a child than Harry, but that doesn't make Sirius any more to blame for
that argument than Snape.  In fact, since it was Sirius' house and it was
dealing with Sirius' god son, perhaps dear Sevvy should have tried to show a
little more respect.  

Sherry