[HPforGrownups] Re: Was Sirius railroaded? And what was his view?

Tue Nov 18 02:30:01 UTC 2014

No: HPFGUIDX 192724

Sherry:
 I agree with Alla in regard to the Dursleys. Locking a child in a cupboard, later, locking him in a room with bars on the windows, feeding him through a flap in the door, just the bare minimum to keep him alive. Yeah, that's abuse to me. Letting Marge get away with the stuff she did, and on and on.

 But I'll also say, we really don't know what kind of a father Sirius could have been, given the chance. At the time of his imprisonment, he and the Potters and other friends, had been fighting in a war for several years. That tends to cause people to grow up. As for the depression, he was on the run, a convicted murder, he was locked in a house he hated, with that horrible picture of his mother and Kreacher, and Snape, constantly poisoning his mind with negativity. He wasn't allowed to help in the war. Nobody bothered to try to bring out the truth about him. Who wouldn't be depressed?

 I think of the Sirius of POA and GOF. The man who risked everything to keep Harry safe from Pettigrew. The man who lived nearly a year, in his dog form, hiding in a cave and eating rats, to be near his godson. Two of my favorite scenes in the whole series happen in GOF. One is the almost hug from Molly in the hospital wing, but the other is Sirius with Harry as Harry told the story of the third task to Dumbledore. It always brings tears to my eyes.

 That man, I believe could have been a good father to Harry.

 Alla:

 I just want to clarify - for all the reasons you stated I do believe Sirius would have been a good father to Harry. But I see the POV of those who think he would not have been. However comparing him with Dursleys I will never see.

 I even think that there is a chance that (shhhh...) Snape could have been a better father to Harry than Dursleys, but this I would have to cross check for fanfiction contamination, but if there was such a miracle and Snape would have been able to see Harry as Lily's child, hey canon is blank, but who knows. Oy. I have to check my temperature.

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