I really liked what you said in a comment above about Peter's emotional state being similiar to that of an abused spouse, who then pops. Ouch. And ouch. And yes, it must have hurt deeply, the small everyday cruelties that James and Sirius may have unwittingly visited. But to sacrifice a young family like that (shudders) Sirius I have sympathy for, believe or not. He is the type of guy that would have died before 30- if not in the first conflict with Voldie, then doing something harebrained. I agree with your depressions analysis, and furthermore, I think he clung to James and Lily like a lifeline, knowing that without that connection, he would have been lost. James, I think, was the knit that kept the group together. HE had varying degrees of affection for them all, and to judge from the way Remus and Sirius was ready to kill Peter in PoA, gave the emotional resonance to the group. Without James, they are utterly adrift. Remus is a cretin(I do like him, believe or not). Yes, I know you synpathise with Remus because of your personality ( which I will be presumptive and say I think you are more lovesome and responsible than Remus. Ha!) Shunned and unable to find work his entire adult life? And why is that, precisely, Remus? For as competitive and cruel as the WW can be, you cannot tell me that people did not try to help him before arriving to Hogwarts. A person described as being well mannered, friendly and warm seriously could not find a job, or way to make another social network? My theory is that Remus' faults- his lying and dodging responsibility- is more at work here than his condition. As I put in a earlier post in my LJ, people are funny about others who work for them. Fits, bad attitude, greasy hair (sound familiar) and other traits can be tolerated, but lying and irresponsibilty are the two that can guarantee shabby robes and spotty employment for a male Briton wizard with a privileged education.
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I really liked what you said in a comment above about Peter's emotional state being similiar to that of an abused spouse, who then pops. Ouch. And ouch. And yes, it must have hurt deeply, the small everyday cruelties that James and Sirius may have unwittingly visited. But to sacrifice a young family like that (shudders)
Sirius I have sympathy for, believe or not. He is the type of guy that would have died before 30- if not in the first conflict with Voldie, then doing something harebrained. I agree with your depressions analysis, and furthermore, I think he clung to James and Lily like a lifeline, knowing that without that connection, he would have been lost.
James, I think, was the knit that kept the group together. HE had varying degrees of affection for them all, and to judge from the way Remus and Sirius was ready to kill Peter in PoA, gave the emotional resonance to the group. Without James, they are utterly adrift.
Remus is a cretin(I do like him, believe or not). Yes, I know you synpathise with Remus because of your personality ( which I will be presumptive and say I think you are more lovesome and responsible than Remus. Ha!) Shunned and unable to find work his entire adult life? And why is that, precisely, Remus? For as competitive and cruel as the WW can be, you cannot tell me that people did not try to help him before arriving to Hogwarts. A person described as being well mannered, friendly and warm seriously could not find a job, or way to make another social network? My theory is that Remus' faults- his lying and dodging responsibility- is more at work here than his condition. As I put in a earlier post in my LJ, people are funny about others who work for them. Fits, bad attitude, greasy hair (sound familiar) and other traits can be tolerated, but lying and irresponsibilty are the two that can guarantee shabby robes and spotty employment for a male Briton wizard with a privileged education.