While I'm not really in the R/S fandom, Sirius is my favorite character from the books. I enjoyed the novels but his story in book 3 was what made me fall in love with the HP universe. I was really delighted with how much characterization he was given in OoTP, considering that the plot is all filtered through Harry's pov, and then I was completely crushed that he died.
Last summer I remember a lot of people dived into the HP fandom (many people have done so this summer too; HP must be a summer fandom) and I tried but the lack of Sirius appreciation really drove me away. Here is this complex and ambiguous character but most fans were ignoring him to whine that Draco wasn't being made complex and ambiguous--that there was no character with those qualities--when JKR had delivered us one in the last few books. In fact, most Slytherin fans crucify poor Sirius. Another reason was the fact that even R/S people who liked Sirius didn't talk about him much. Remus is much more adored and chatted about. I become very bitter when my favorite character doesn't get the attention I think he deserves.
I guess I'm the one rambling now. ::sheepish:: About Sirius' death--I agree with the people who say the method and lack of closure for his storyline are good reasons to support his return. But. I also think that JKR would not have "hyped" up the death and told fans she cried while writing it if he really were to come back later. Even if Sirius is gone physically, I'm sure she'll be telling us more about him and the Marauders. I think in an interview she said we'd find out about his old motorcycle as well as a few other things. Still...that's not much satisfaction. OoTP did so much for Sirius' character that his death surprised me a *lot*. I was sure he wouldn't die after the going back home plot gave him an arc that I knew wouldn't be resolved in the fifth novel. It wasn't and now probably never will be canonically.
I hope that you do talk more about Sirius in the future. I'm glad that someone else as intelligent as you in fandom loves his character. Whenever I try to talk about him I become unintelligible.
I'll be going to DragonCon too. Though mostly in the company of octopedingenue because Atlanta is far from home and I react as well to traveling as I would being sucked into another dimension.
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Last summer I remember a lot of people dived into the HP fandom (many people have done so this summer too; HP must be a summer fandom) and I tried but the lack of Sirius appreciation really drove me away. Here is this complex and ambiguous character but most fans were ignoring him to whine that Draco wasn't being made complex and ambiguous--that there was no character with those qualities--when JKR had delivered us one in the last few books. In fact, most Slytherin fans crucify poor Sirius. Another reason was the fact that even R/S people who liked Sirius didn't talk about him much. Remus is much more adored and chatted about. I become very bitter when my favorite character doesn't get the attention I think he deserves.
I guess I'm the one rambling now. ::sheepish:: About Sirius' death--I agree with the people who say the method and lack of closure for his storyline are good reasons to support his return. But. I also think that JKR would not have "hyped" up the death and told fans she cried while writing it if he really were to come back later. Even if Sirius is gone physically, I'm sure she'll be telling us more about him and the Marauders. I think in an interview she said we'd find out about his old motorcycle as well as a few other things. Still...that's not much satisfaction. OoTP did so much for Sirius' character that his death surprised me a *lot*. I was sure he wouldn't die after the going back home plot gave him an arc that I knew wouldn't be resolved in the fifth novel. It wasn't and now probably never will be canonically.
I hope that you do talk more about Sirius in the future. I'm glad that someone else as intelligent as you in fandom loves his character. Whenever I try to talk about him I become unintelligible.
I'll be going to DragonCon too. Though mostly in the company of