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

Magda Grantwich mgrantwich at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 3 02:03:22 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 139411

> Magda:
> 
> 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.  
> <snip>
> 
> 
> 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.


Of course they weren't empty; he was quite sincere (as was Bellatrix
regarding her loyalty to Voldemort). Sirius was always sincere. 

But they were hokey, and cheesy, and right up there with signing
oaths in blood by candlelight.  It's an adolescent's view of how to
make a really impressive declaration.  

Magda (who thinks Sirius was dumb not for making the declaration but
for expecting that Pettigrew shared the sentiment)

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