Maturity of adults characters WAS: Werewolves and RL equivalents

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 170507

> > Pippin:
> He doesn't shut down
> > his compassion, but he shuts down his sense of responsibility,
> > and I think, though others may disagree, that to do that is
> > evil.
> > 
> 
> Finwitch:
> 
> Well, I wouldn't say evil. Immature. For to be mature, one *should*
> have that sense of responsibility. And that maturity is a huge part 
of
> what adults need to have to earn respect. You know, BE the adults. 
It
> takes more than 18 years of existence, you know.
> 
> Snape, to me, seems to be like a teen - not like a mature adult. 
And I
> have doubts to his true maturity.
> Lupin - one who seems mature but isn't. (but true teens&kids don't
> know that).
> Sirius Black - just the opposite of Lupin, I think - IS mature but
> doesn't seem to be. (to Molly, at least.)
> 
> Most teachers at Hogwarts at least ARE truly mature (anyone over 70 
it
> seems...)


Alla:

LOL, Finwitch, you have **doubts** about Snape's maturity?

I can say that I have **no** doubts whatsoever about his maturity - 
as in I have no doubts that he has none - no matter what drives him, 
on whose side he is, Snape demonstrated to me beyond reasonable doubt 
that he is immature character, completely.

Anybody who treats the son of your dead rival the way he treats Harry 
is at the very best immature, revenge seeking brat in my opinion.

That's me being generous.


Sirius, well, I love him dearly, but I also cannot call him mature 
all together.

But Sirius has an excuse - he has twelve years of Azkaban to get over.
JKR called Sirius the case of arrested development after all for a 
reason.

I give Sirius props for trying though. I think arrested development 
and all that, he tried his very best to be mature where Harry is 
concerned.

Leaving his refuge to help Harry in GoF, wanting to treat Harry as an 
adult in OOP contrary to what Dumbledore wanted? Yep, I applaud 
Sirius for that and some other things.

I think if he lived, he would have gotten over Azkaban eventually.

IMO,

Alla