everythingharrypotter: emmielovegood: J. K. Rowling has said that she likes Sirius as a character, but she does not think he is “wholly wonderful”:      “Sirius is very good at spouting bits of excellent personal philosophy, but he does not always live up to them. For instance, he says in “Goblet of Fire” that if you want to know what a man is really like, ‘look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.’ But Sirius loathes Kreacher, the house-elf he has inherited, and treats him with nothing but contempt. Similarly, Sirius claims that nobody is wholly good or wholly evil, and yet the way he acts towards Snape suggests that he cannot conceive of any latent good qualities there…Sirius’ great redeeming quality is how much affection he is capable of feeling. He loved James like a brother and he went on to transfer that attachment to Harry.” Rowling also described Sirius as a “bit of a loose cannon” and a “case of arrested development” and once described Sirius as “brave, loyal, reckless, embittered and slightly unbalanced by his long stay in Azkaban.” [Harry Potter Wiki]

everythingharrypotter:

emmielovegood:

J. K. Rowling has said that she likes Sirius as a character, but she does not think he is “wholly wonderful”:     

“Sirius is very good at spouting bits of excellent personal philosophy, but he does not always live up to them. For instance, he says in “Goblet of Fire” that if you want to know what a man is really like, ‘look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.’ But Sirius loathes Kreacher, the house-elf he has inherited, and treats him with nothing but contempt. Similarly, Sirius claims that nobody is wholly good or wholly evil, and yet the way he acts towards Snape suggests that he cannot conceive of any latent good qualities there…Sirius’ great redeeming quality is how much affection he is capable of feeling. He loved James like a brother and he went on to transfer that attachment to Harry.”

Rowling also described Sirius as a “bit of a loose cannon” and a “case of arrested development” and once described Sirius as “brave, loyal, reckless, embittered and slightly unbalanced by his long stay in Azkaban.”

[Harry Potter Wiki]

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    I love author insights into characters :)
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    Oh my God, Sirius Black. I miss him so much I teared at the sight of this..
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    he’s my fav character
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