Sirius, Sirius, Sirius - favorite moments / re: Why Sirius had to die-maybe

[Jen Reese]

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> Betsy Hp:
> And I've been meaning to do so for *forever*. <bg>  So, favorite 
> Sirius moments, just for you, Jen. <g>

Jen:  Omigosh, you actually did it!  You know what's funny, I started 
thinking about Sirius after my comment and realized many of his 
character moments are tinged with something besides pure pleasure for 
me and yet, he's right up at number two or three of my favorite 
characters.  I decided it's because he signals the return of all 
Harry has lost as well as not distancing himself from Harry like so 
many of the other males do.  Plus finding out how how ill-equipped he 
is to actually give those things to Harry - the dichotomoy of the 
character.  Sirius is just sort of a tragic figure to me, doomed from 
the start and backed into a corner in OOTP before being offed - 
brutal, like you said. 

BetsyHp:
> Full confession time: I liked Sirius in the Pensieve scene. Oh, I 
> hate what he and James did to Snape of course, but I loved how 
> carefree and beautiful and arrogant Sirius was.  And I really loved 
> how close he was with James.  That interplay after Lily stormed 
> off, "Reading between the lines, mate, I'd say she doesn't like
> you" was perfect.  (That's a guess at the line since I'm away from
> my books at the moment.)

Jen: This was one of those scenes tinged with something where I 
didn't care for him, lol.  Too much on the carefree and arrogant 
side.  I liked the scene you mentioned in the fire with Sirius 
remembering James more than actually seeing them in action. ;)  


Okay, my own favorite moments (besides Gary Oldham portraying him in 
POA, hehe):

* Sirius and Lupin together in the Shack when they first meet up 
again and start piecing together what happened - all that manly man 
stuff going on until Snape and Peter mess everything up. 

* "Harry...I as good as killed them," he croaked.

* "Panting slightly and sweeping his long dark hair out of his eyes, 
Harry's godfather Sirius, turned to face him.  'Hello, Harry,' he 
said grimly, 'I see you've met my mother.'"   I don't know why JKR 
introduced him in OOTP without naming him, but it worked.

* Last but not least, his sense of freedom and release when battling 
Bellatrix and then the ultimate freedom from his adult life of almost 
continual imprisonment when he falls through the Veil.  It seems 
right to me now even though I really hated OOTP when he died (and the 
revelation of the prophecy and DD's explanation didn't give me a warm 
feeling, either).

Thanks, Betsy, it's fun to go down memory lane as we get closer to 
the end.


Jen