[HPforGrownups] Lily, Hagrid, Snape, Lucius, Friends (was Re: good/bad Slyth/Disappointment

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 175284

lanval wrote:

> 
> We could of course also make a list of Sirius being "nice". :)
> Mind, not "good", just nice, as in kind, or openly helpful, or 
> compassionate -- since the argument posted centered on "mean" being 
> a defining quality of his character.
> 
> Ok. In no particular order of time or importance. 

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But that's exactly my point! No matter how long the list of actual acts 
of kindness, the list of the persons involved is rather short, and they 
are all centered around Harry.

Ron gets inside the circle after Sirius learns he is Harry's friend. 
Before that Sirius could care less how frightened or injured Ron gets.

Weasley family gets covered as extension of Ron, I suppose.

It's exactly the same with Snape - he is nice to his friends, and the 
rest of the world can go to hell for all he cares.

Sirius dismisses his own brother as a perfect little Death Eater, when 
Regulus was so much more than that.

Look, I'm not arguing that Sirius was the most evil character in the 
series or anything like that. He was good to Harry, and very important 
in Harry's life and I felt sorry for Harry when he died. But I don't 
think Sirius should be held as a shining example for Snape, of all 
people, to follow.

I can't help wondering, though, how sorry really was Dumbledore when 
Sirius died. My theory is - not at all. Sirius was a loose cannon, and 
would certainly never accept his plans to sacrifice Harry. Because 
Sirius, for all his faults, loved Harry; I totally get it.

Irene