[HPforGrownups] Re: Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 142485

-- cubfanbudwoman <susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Magda:
> 
>> I guess I'm just a mean rotten person because my response to this
>> is...so what?  Molly cares for and loves Harry too, and she's
>> certainly not above criticism because of it.  
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> I can't quite believe I'm responding, but since your comments were 
> written as a response to a portion of a post of mine, I feel a bit
> of an obligation to do so.  First off, can you point me to where I
> said 
> that Sirius should be "above criticism" because he loved Harry?  In
> the post from which the above quote came, I agreed with Carol in a 
> couple of spots re: things Sirius did which were NOT smart or
> helpful.

Well, for that matter, can you point to where _I_ said that _you_
said that Sirius should be "above criticism" because he loved Harry? 


The "he loved his godson" claim obscures an objective look at what is
a majorly conflicted character, someone second only to Snape in the
personal angst department, whose efforts to develop over the course
of OOTP were doomed by circumstances outside of his control and whose
presence was hampering Harry's personal development as well.

There's been lots of speculation about why JKR killed Sirius off. 
Many readers can't believe she was so heartless as to remove him just
when Harry seemed to need him most.  I think it's because Harry has
to shuck off the past and assume his destiny and he can't do that
because he had to watch himself around Sirius.  Loving or not, Sirius
cramped Harry.  And Sirius knew it.

> Siriusly Snapey Susan, who thinks sarcasm really isn't a very
> helpful thing many times.

Magda (who thinks sarcasm can be a very effective way of emphasizing
something)



	
		
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