Sirius and his lawless ways WAS: Re: CHAPDISC: DH10, Kreacher's Tale

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No: HPFGUIDX 180103

 
> Alla: 
> In any event, certainly what you describe can be Sirius' lawless 
> ways that Ma Black had in mind or maybe that is what Kreacher had 
in mind.

Potioncat:
I listed the events as others saw them. Even if Black had already run 
away from the Blacks, wouldn't Hogwarts report any misbehavoir to his 
parents until he was 17? The animagus would be breaking the law, but 
as you say, no one knew about it. (Unless DD was not telling the 
truth, but in any event, he wouldn't tell.) We know that Hogwarts 
notifies parents of misbehavior, because Molly comments on the 
letters that were sent home about the twins.

>Alla: 
> But it can also be that Sirius' lawless ways in Ma Black head were 
> his determination to be the first Black to change the order of the 
> things, the unwritten laws that Blacks do not get sorted into 
Gryffindor.

Potioncat:
By the end of DH, it appears the child has influence over the Sorting 
Hat, but does the WW really understand that? I think the Hat's 
decision is a big surprise, and not considered something the child 
could control. So I could see the Blacks being disappointed, but not 
that it was considered "lawless."

If there were laws in effect that limited what Muggleborns were 
allowed to do, and if Sirius countered those laws, then his family 
might see him as lawless.

What I'm really considering, for the first time really, is the Black 
family PoV.