Oh cool, another update! Of course, OotP is especially rewarding for spoofing it^^ Borderline psychotic Harry and submissive friends acting as terrified sycophants (because true friends obviously are never allowed to disagree on anything! Not in JKR's world....) and all. Also sadly the last book with a modicum of continuity.
- I think Sirius' decline was actually triggered by the return to his hated childhood home! Grimmauld Place seeming to him more like a prison than the actual one. He might have been better off still on the run! Fleeing from Azkaban, he had nothing to lose - and a goal and someone to direct his destructive energy against: catching traitor Pettigrew and avenging James. Notice he didn't plan anything in that year for proving his own innocence; it was all about retribution, not about getting his reputation cleared and getting his life back. In OotP he had nothing to lose - AND nothing to achieve anymore, being relegated to the sidelines and relegating himself to them too with his irresponsibility. In addition he had the Black mental instability (trying to murder someone at 16 using your friend as the weapon of destruction?! Only regretting not having succeeded, regardless of consequences?! Telling that to 14 year olds?!) already against him, plus the Dementor-damage. Also remember, now the Order expected him to act like a responsible adult: structure, discipline and all - definitely not Sirius' strong suits. Plus the forced inactivity, which is harmful to someone of his personality. Add more than a few hints of alcohol abuse. By the time he died he found it more important to clown around with and taunt cousin Bella than to actually help supposedly beloved Harry and get him to safety! His self-destruction and the inevitable end was actually imo one of the most believable and psychologically sound characterizations JKR wrote. Even if she didn't do it deliberately, given her interview statements....
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Date: 2011-07-01 03:25 pm (UTC)- I think Sirius' decline was actually triggered by the return to his hated childhood home! Grimmauld Place seeming to him more like a prison than the actual one. He might have been better off still on the run! Fleeing from Azkaban, he had nothing to lose - and a goal and someone to direct his destructive energy against: catching traitor Pettigrew and avenging James. Notice he didn't plan anything in that year for proving his own innocence; it was all about retribution, not about getting his reputation cleared and getting his life back. In OotP he had nothing to lose - AND nothing to achieve anymore, being relegated to the sidelines and relegating himself to them too with his irresponsibility. In addition he had the Black mental instability (trying to murder someone at 16 using your friend as the weapon of destruction?! Only regretting not having succeeded, regardless of consequences?! Telling that to 14 year olds?!) already against him, plus the Dementor-damage.
Also remember, now the Order expected him to act like a responsible adult: structure, discipline and all - definitely not Sirius' strong suits. Plus the forced inactivity, which is harmful to someone of his personality. Add more than a few hints of alcohol abuse. By the time he died he found it more important to clown around with and taunt cousin Bella than to actually help supposedly beloved Harry and get him to safety! His self-destruction and the inevitable end was actually imo one of the most believable and psychologically sound characterizations JKR wrote. Even if she didn't do it deliberately, given her interview statements....