(On another side note: I feel that if I forgive Severus much of his behaviour towards his students (Harry, Neville, Hermione...) (not to mention his joining the Death Eaters) on account of his having been the victim of violence at school, I think it's only fair to forgive Sirius much of his behaviour towards fellow students on account of his growing up in a family who hated him.)
Amen.
I'm such a Sirius fangirl, I can't help it, and I felt horribly for him when I learned about his awful homelife. I mean, even Harry's parents loved him. He can't remember it, but they did, even though his aunt and uncle hate him. The people that gave BIRTH to Sirius hated him. *wibble*
When children are young, that is when they learn their basic social skills (preschool, elementary age), so by the time Sirius got to Hogwarts he had no real social skills and no real concept of how to relate to people at all in a normal way. It doesn't excuse his behavior at ALL, but it does explain it. And he never got better after that, because not long after school was Azkaban, and... yeah. He never really had a chance.
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Date: 2004-07-12 09:45 am (UTC)Amen.
I'm such a Sirius fangirl, I can't help it, and I felt horribly for him when I learned about his awful homelife. I mean, even Harry's parents loved him. He can't remember it, but they did, even though his aunt and uncle hate him. The people that gave BIRTH to Sirius hated him. *wibble*
When children are young, that is when they learn their basic social skills (preschool, elementary age), so by the time Sirius got to Hogwarts he had no real social skills and no real concept of how to relate to people at all in a normal way. It doesn't excuse his behavior at ALL, but it does explain it. And he never got better after that, because not long after school was Azkaban, and... yeah. He never really had a chance.