Dumbledore's decisions (was:Re: Depth? Things to take on their face value...)

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 139984

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> 
wrote:

> Harry dealt with it by reining in his own behaviour, not talking
> about what worried him because he didn't want Sirius to come out of
> hiding, and also assuming the role of the parent figure by urging
> Sirius not to take risks.  The sad truth is that by the time Sirius
> entered Harry's life, Harry was no longer in need of that kind of
> present-buying, good-time godfather but rather a mentor who could
> teach and guide him.  Sirius could not be present for that kind of
> thing and demonstrated over and over that he didn't have the
> temperament for it.

Once again, I think this highlights the inconsistancy in Sirius 
character in OOTP. He gave harry good advice in GoF and did his best to 
advise him during the tri-wizard tourney despite the limitations they 
were both under. Sirius didn't start to devolve until he was kept in at 
number 12 and even then it was inconsistant. I hope there is a better 
explanation in book seven about what happens to Sirius because so far 
canon is really weak.

phoenixgod2000, who thinks that if Dumbledore didn't want Sirius help 
the least he could have done was leave him in the tropics.