Sirius' declaration of loyalty in the Shrieking Shack WASACID POPS vs LOLLIPOPS

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Magda:

> Sirius' bent was more for over-the-top declarations of personal
> loyalty and dedication (a trait he shares with cousin Bellatrix,
btw;
> it would be interesting to find out that a distant ancestor was an
> actor or actress).  His roar at Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack in
> POA: "Then you should have died [for James et al] as we would have
> died for you!" struck me at the time as the kind of grandiose
> statement that adolescents make.  
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Alla:

I really like that JKR confirmed that Sirius' words were not empty 
words ( not that I doubted him :-)) and he would have done it.

"JKR: Obviously I imagine it in the context of a very highly charged 
situation. God forbid — I hope that in the general run of things,
an 8-
year-old would not be required to die for anyone, but we're talking 
here about a fully grown man who was in, what I consider to be, a war 
situation. This was a full-fledged war situation. I think the
question 
really is do you, as readers, believe that Sirius would have died? 
Because Sirius is saying that.

ES: Oh, absolutely.

MA: Yeah.

JKR: Right, well, that's what I believed. Sirius would have done it. 
He, with all his faults and flaws, he has this profound sense of 
honor, ultimately, and he would rather have died honorably, as he 
would see it, than live with the dishonor and shame of knowing that
he 
sent those three people to their deaths, those three people that he 
loved beyond any others, because like Harry he is a displaced person 
without family. " - July 16, 2005 Interview.



Alla.