Hmmm. What's your favorite *now*?

[montavilla47]

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> > Sherry:
> > But some of the luster and absolute fun of the series died for
> > me when Sirius died. Even that goes back to Harry, because I
> > wanted Harry to have his godfather, someone who was his family,
> > his own parental figure.  And, part of it was just because
> > I liked Sirius, even with his flaws.
> 
> Mike:
> Good point, Sherry. Lot's of the fun went out of the series when 
> Sirius got stuck in 12 GP and when he dies. 
> 
> I forgot to mention one of my other favorite scenes in the series: 
> the cave scene in GoF. Sirius was being a friend, a father figure, a 
> loyal ally, and a rascal all at once. I loved how he dissected Crouch 
> Sr., how he went where nobody else seemed willing to go when Ron 
> challenged him with "Try us!". I was glad for his VWI explanations, 
> his exposition on the Unforgivables and Crouch, and his concern for 
> how "one treats his inferiors". And I absolutely loved the way he 
> elicited knowing smiles from Ron and Harry with his little dig on 
> Snape.

Montavilla47:
I have to agree with you both.  It wasn't even that Sirius died in OotP.
It was that he became a disappointing, depressing person.  Instead
of being the fatherly, responsible figure that he was in both PoA
and GoF, he was drinking, laying guilt trips on Harry, and picking
stupid fights with Snape.

At the end of GoF, there was this feeling that those who opposed
Voldemort were coming together, and that Snape and Sirius 
would work on putting aside their differences.  

Instead, the Order turned out to be filled with bickering and 
rancor.  Not just Snape and Sirius, but Molly and Sirius 
took pot shots at each other.  And, there was that morale-
destroying portrait in the hallway screaming at everyone.

And cumulatively, there was a lot of not-fun going on
during OotP.  


> Mike:
> I would have adored JKR if she had killed off Snape in OotP, instead 
> of Sirius. ;-) Couldn't have happened, but one can dream, can't one?

Montavilla47:
I wish that, before Sirius had been killed off, we could have had at 
least a clue that he was getting better.  It wasn't so much that he 
died that disturbed me, but that he had such a crummy year leading
up to his death.

I wanted him to get his act together for Harry.