Sirius without trial - a perspective

[pippin_999]

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> > Sherry:
> >  I even cut him slack for the
> > negativity he showed at times in OOTP, because I am firmly convinced 
> that something else was going on there, and we will find out in book 
> seven what that was.

Sridhar:
> Do you have any hypothese/theories on this? It seems mysterious to me 
> and this is something I haven't seen here.
>

Pippin:
I was going to post that maybe Sirius's old suspicions of Lupin were
waking up again, but I don't see any canon to support that. I do think
the strain of being cooped up told on Sirius's ability to care for Harry--
not that he loved him any less, he just didn't have the mental energy
to cope with the needs of a troubled child. Anybody who has tried
to juggle the demands of parenthood and a serious illness like
depression will probably know what I mean.

It is tempting to think that someone in the house was slipping him
something, but that would weaken the point that JKR said she was
trying to make, that adults are human and they struggle. 


Pippin