If anyone needs evidence that Sirius is not right in the head at this point in the series, this should suffice. I wonder if he even considered that Ron might have been injured if he went in swinging.
Yeah, I think Sirius is pretty unhinged throughout most of PoA. After 12 years of being unable to cling to a positive thoughts, he has nothing to drive him but anger, revenge, and a determination to protect get to Peter at all costs. He doesn't start to pull himself together until Lupin takes charge of the situation. Lupin calms him down, listens to his story, and, most importantly, believes him, which gives Sirius a bit of hope and allows him to think more rationally.
At the end of the book, Sirius pauses in his escape on Buckbeak to ask Harry if Ron is all right, and later he sends Pig as a sort of atonement gift, so by then he seems to understand he'd acted wrongly, but at the time, he really doesn't seem to give a damn.
To hell with the portrait hole -- how did he get through the front door?
I always assumed he used some of the secret passages that only the makers of the Marauder's Map knew.
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Date: 2004-05-17 06:48 am (UTC)Yeah, I think Sirius is pretty unhinged throughout most of PoA. After 12 years of being unable to cling to a positive thoughts, he has nothing to drive him but anger, revenge, and a determination to protect get to Peter at all costs. He doesn't start to pull himself together until Lupin takes charge of the situation. Lupin calms him down, listens to his story, and, most importantly, believes him, which gives Sirius a bit of hope and allows him to think more rationally.
At the end of the book, Sirius pauses in his escape on Buckbeak to ask Harry if Ron is all right, and later he sends Pig as a sort of atonement gift, so by then he seems to understand he'd acted wrongly, but at the time, he really doesn't seem to give a damn.
To hell with the portrait hole -- how did he get through the front door?
I always assumed he used some of the secret passages that only the makers of the Marauder's Map knew.