They are mirror images of each other, aren't they? Yes, one is in Gryffindor and one in Slytherin. And one grew up poor and abused and the other rich (though very possibly abused, if Sirius's mother was anything like her portrait). But they share so many traits-- and many of the traits were the negative ones. And they both saw James in Harry but not in the right way. It's so hard to say who was worse, so I say neither, They were both equally guilty. If only they could get along they'd be awesome allies. Both are flawlessly written characters because they're deeply flawed people.
I have a seperate blog on another site just about Sirius, maybe I'll submit that.
I never thought of that, but yeah, could be. He did have the smell of alcohol on him in the fifth book at some point. Drinking to self-medicate? Never good and may also have impacted his judgment.
I've always imagined he drank a lot, especially in OotP when he was lonely and depressed, and quite possibly suffering ptsd. I think JKR was hinting to him self-medicating with alcohol.
Livejournal cuts. Please use them on this and your other post. Your posts are cluttering up my friends page. If I want to read something, I'll click on the link/cut.
Also, as a stylistic thing, rants about people/groups that you loathe and won't take comments from is off-putting, especially since you're not on your personal journal. While I'm normally quite interested in both of the topics that you've chosen to write about, I literally lost interest in your writing when I started to read your first post's intro. The sheer vitriol in it makes it seem like you're unwilling to accept anything but agreement and ass-pats. And I didn't particularly want to read an entire essay written with that tone, much less two, regardless of any views that we may have had in common. So I stopped reading and jotted this note instead.
I'll be very short: I love Snape as a person and always thought he was the real central hero of the saga: because he's the only one among the main characters who has to make "absolute" choices (Harry, actually, has very little freedom of choice). And all his decisions but one (the first fateful one: becoming a death eater) are made for the common good, totally self-denying, in absolute, desperate loneliness. He really is a tragic hero, Greek style, with all the depth and "grandeur" that this status implies.
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Also, as a stylistic thing, rants about people/groups that you loathe and won't take comments from is off-putting, especially since you're not on your personal journal. While I'm normally quite interested in both of the topics that you've chosen to write about, I literally lost interest in your writing when I started to read your first post's intro. The sheer vitriol in it makes it seem like you're unwilling to accept anything but agreement and ass-pats. And I didn't particularly want to read an entire essay written with that tone, much less two, regardless of any views that we may have had in common. So I stopped reading and jotted this note instead.
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