Which is interesting, if only because the fanon Sirius tends to run around screaming things and generally being the exact opposite of subtle. There is rage and a certain amount of poor impulse control, to be sure, but no one has thought about this situation more than Sirius. Even Remus got a break one night a month.
Interesting that you bring up the fact that Sirius claims guilt for the Potters however- because isn't the knowledge of his innocence the touchstone that kept him sane in Azkaban? His level of guilt seems terribly mutable, considering. I wonder if that shows the difference between the Sirius who went in and the Sirius who came out. Young, spirited Sirius was locked away with only the knowledge that he didn't do it.
Older, nearly destroyed Sirius isn't sure that such a distinction is even possible. Until the Potters, Peter had only ever done what James and Sirius wanted him to do. Does that mean Sirius wanted it to happen? To him, it might.
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Date: 2004-05-21 05:53 am (UTC)Which is interesting, if only because the fanon Sirius tends to run around screaming things and generally being the exact opposite of subtle. There is rage and a certain amount of poor impulse control, to be sure, but no one has thought about this situation more than Sirius. Even Remus got a break one night a month.
Interesting that you bring up the fact that Sirius claims guilt for the Potters however- because isn't the knowledge of his innocence the touchstone that kept him sane in Azkaban? His level of guilt seems terribly mutable, considering. I wonder if that shows the difference between the Sirius who went in and the Sirius who came out. Young, spirited Sirius was locked away with only the knowledge that he didn't do it.
Older, nearly destroyed Sirius isn't sure that such a distinction is even possible. Until the Potters, Peter had only ever done what James and Sirius wanted him to do. Does that mean Sirius wanted it to happen? To him, it might.