Sirius Black's role in DH -- why? SPOILERS

[dumbledore11214]

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> > Alla:
> > 
> > I am sorry, Pippin, but I am incredibly confused. I just spend 
> > several paragraphs in this VERY post saying that Sirius has 
flaws, 
> > so I really really wonder where in my post you found the idea 
that I 
> > want to read about perfect people or that I think that Sirius 
does 
> > not have flaws?
> 
> Pippin:
> Oh, sorry, I  was referring to an idea expressed earlier in the
> thread, not to your post specifically. I was trying to back you
> up there, sorry if it came off sounding otherwise!

Alla:

Oh. Oh. I see. No problem. I do that sometimes too - replying to the 
thread in general and it comes out strange as reply to particular 
list member.

Pippin: 
> I think Rowling's original quote is being distorted a bit. Here is 
is:
> --
><go UPTHREAD to read the quote > 
> She said "even better" which is a much milder comparison. But
> Sirius made risky choices which had consequences for Harry,
> and we don't have any moments in canon where he accepts
> responsibility for his recklessness. We do have that for Harry.
<SNIP>


Alla:

Right okay, it is a much milder comparison then I agree. I still 
find it bizarre but to a lesser degree then.

Look, it is as if she would say that Ginny was better mother than 
Lily or Harry is better father than James.

Or or this one is a rather loose comparison since you know how I 
feel about Snape as teacher, but even if she said that Neville was 
much better teacher than Snape, I would probably felt that it was 
not a fair comparison.

Not in a sense that I do not think that Neville would be much better 
teacher than Snape ever was, but in a sense that circumstances that 
lead them to take a teaching post are so incomparable IMO.

I still think that Snape owed his students not to treat them like 
garbage (IMO of course), but I think that had been given a choice 
Snape would have been anywhere but teaching, while I am pretty sure 
that Neville chose what he loves to do.

What I am trying to say that I think the circumstances of Sirius and 
Harry as godfather are so drastically different that in my mind it 
is not fair to compare at all.

Not that I think that Sirius did a perfect job, but with the stack 
of cards he was given, I thought it was a wonder that he rose to the 
occasion as much as he could.

JMO,

Alla.