Lupin and Sirius and being single(was:Re: CHAPDISC: HBP 29, The Phoenix Lament

[va32h]

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> Raechel responds:
> However, Sirius was single for his adult life as well (before his
> stint in Azkaban).  In the chapter called "Will and Won't" when Harry
> received his inheritance Dumbledore mentions that Sirius and Regulus
> were both unmarried and childless.  It made me wonder why.  Especially
> considering that Sirius' best friend, James, was married with a child.
>  Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks.

Va32h:

Sirius spent most of his adult life in Azkaban. In Snape's Worst 
Memory, Sirius appears to be something of a playboy, flirting with 
several girls. It's not a stretch to think that he, like many 
20somethings, simply did not find someone he wished to settle down 
with. 

And of course he spent some 13 years in solitary confinment after that. 

I also don't think it would have added anything to the books for Sirius 
to have a wife and child. If anything, it would have been a 
distraction. The entire Sirius/Harry relationship would have to be 
changed to accommodate a child of Sirius'. 

I suppose we could have Voldie have killed off them as well, but Sirius 
already has enough loss and angst to motivate him without needing an 
additional personal grudge against Voldemort. 

So there are reasons both within the story and without, that Sirius 
being married with children is simply not necessary.

va32h