Dicentra wrote:
Er, ma'am? Elkins ma'am? Not to undermine your theory or anything, but Sirius becomes Padfoot so he can latch his jaws onto the wolf's jugular, thereby protecting Harry et al. from the wolf. He doesn't seem to have conscious control over reverting back into a human as the dementors close in.
You're right, of course. That's weird. Why did I misremember that? Is it because the dementors freak me out so much that I just assume that they turn you animal?
Huh. Interesting.
So maybe you could amend this theory to read that Peter is the only one who transforms for selfish reasons.
Fair enough. That's the important part, anyway, really, as it's a moral equation.
Remus can't help it, Sirius is protecting the Trio, and Peter is saving his own worthless little hide.
It occurs to me that this rather supports your (was it your?) belief that Sirius' primary motivation is the protection of his fellow pack members, no? If one draws a parallel between the precise ways in which each of them becomes "bestial" in the Shack and the reasons underlying their eventual reversions to animal form, then you're left with an interesting suggestion as to where each of them is weakest. Peter's a self-interested coward. Sirius goes ballistic in defense of others. And Remus...er, well, Remus just can't help himself, don't you know.
Of course, now I'm just waiting for Pip to come along and point out that Sirius is also protecting himself, so that actually his personal flaw is that he's just a Big Fat Coward. ;-)
—Elkins
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