Horcrux: was Baptism/Christianity in HP

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <belviso at ...> wrote:

> > Leslie41:
> > True.  But then if they're not significant, why go through them at 
> > all?  To forge a tie to Sirius?  Yes, of course.  But why not just 
> > make Sirius Harry's guardian, all nice and legal?
> 
> Magpie:
> Because dramatically what is needed is a title with warmth, and 
> godfather works perfectly. Hearing that Sirius was a friend of his 
> parents is one thing, hearing he was the kind of friend that they 
> asked to stand godfather really says how they felt about Sirius, and 
> also is the perfect title to explain what his relationship with Harry 
> can be.  Not something dry and legal--the Dursleys are his legal 
> guardians.  

Gerry
I don't remember who pointed this out to me, but at the end of PoA
Sirius tells Harry that the Potters made him his guardian. So they did
both. Of course him being in prison invalidated that, so it was next
of kin, i.e. the Dursleys. 

Godfather is indeed that little extra, which makes him family. Of
course it has the word father in it. Much nicer to think about your
godfather than about your guardian. 


> Leslie: 
> > Hey, you don't have to think it's important.  I think it's very 
> > important, because it's there in canon and Rowling could have 
> chosen 
> > another way to make Sirius important to Harry, but *didn't*.

>From what I remember from childhood, godparents were very important.
Not because of a religious significance but because of the extra
attention I got, the extra nice present at birthdays etc. Special kind
of aunt and uncle. From what I see in the Harry-Sirius relationship it
is exactly the same thing. In this case, also a way to make an
unrelated person a kind of family. 

Gerry
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