Though, fans can hardly believe that would cause Radcliffe to break down the way he did. Hagrid once compared them to the mischievous twins Fred and George Weasley, saying that the Weasleys could "give them a run for their money". NEXT: Tom Felton Reveals A 'Harry Potter' Easter Egg Nobody's Ever Noticed. However, Pettigrew was able to frame Sirius for his betrayal of the Potters, the murder of twelve Muggles, and the staged murder of Pettigrew before Sirius could accomplish this. Sirius Black failing to mention his gift to Harry earlier in Order of the Phoenix results in a plot hole that leads directly to his tragic death. It would be years before Harry could fully come to terms with the loss of his godfather. Fred and George Weasley liked Sirius, and they all joked together; Rubeus Hagrid once compared Sirius and James to Fred and George. Learning the truth about Snape brought acceptance of him as a loyal, devoted man, and probably one of the bravest Harry Potter ever knew. At this, Fred and George argued, forcing Sirius to remind them of the importance of maintaining the Order's security, at which point Fred yelled back that Sirius, trapped in Grimmauld Place by his fugitive status, was doing virtually nothing for the Order himself. His years in Azkaban contributed dramatically, which was especially evident during 1993 and 1994: trying persistently to capture and kill Peter Pettigrew, going to lengths that even Dumbledore commented as not those of an innocent right-thinking man. Ron owned a rat named Scabbers, which, unbeknownst to him and the rest of his family, was actually Peter Pettigrew in disguise. These are implied to be prison tattoos that he received while in Azkaban, although it would be almost impossible considering what is known about the conditions in Azkaban. Even now, many years on, his death is too much for words. It was also a death that only happened as a result of a plot hole due to an event earlier in the same novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And for the actor himself, some of those emotions were really real, say fans. And yes, their fire conversation was cut short by the appearance of Argus Filch. She loves a good story, even if she has to write it herself. His exciting young life cut short; the very notion of George without Fred; the dreadful effect on his parents and siblings. Ringleaders of their little gang. Sure, maybe his shock at seeing Harry drove the existence of the mirror right from Sirius' mind. Hadnt this boy been through enough? Like the fact that the person Sirius cared most about in the world was you. Unsettled by the lack of signs of a struggle, Sirius frantically sped to Godric's Hollow, discovering the Potters' house destroyed and his friends dead; only baby Harry was still alive. Later, he came to view the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Harry had a hard time dealing with this loss because, as Dumbledore flatly stated, Sirius was the "closest thing to a parent" Harry had ever known. He put up pictures of motorcycles and fighter jets as well as posters of bathing beauties. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey, LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World, LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story, Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World, Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, smear campaign against Dumbledore and Harry, spell to insult those who attempted to read it, WE WON!!!!!! Equipped with this highly valuable information, Voldemort and his Death Eaters organised a plan that lured Harry to the Department of Mysteries with the intention of rescuing Sirius, who Harry believed was being held captive and tortured. The ending of the three Marauders who had stayed true to their friendship to the very end James, Sirius, and Remus was bittersweet: though they all lost their lives to the two wizarding wars, it can be theorised that they were reunited in death, never to be parted again, as seen when Harry summoned the three of them with the Resurrection Stone. Honouring Muggle accomplishments annoyed his family, but none so much as angering his mother that Sirius considered Muggle women attractive. Sirius took refuge around Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest, where he was spotted a few times and mistaken by Harry for the Grim. Peter was nowhere to be found since Sirius's escape had prompted him to once again fake his own death and hide. However, they still had a relatively good relationship, and it was Molly who ultimately avenged Sirius's death by killing Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of Hogwarts. The other fan theory stems from a "fact" that seems impossible to prove. Looking for Pottermore? It was Snape who ultimately saved their lives by alerting the Order to what Harry had seen; Sirius, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody, and eventually Albus Dumbledore, arrived at the Ministry and began battling the Death Eaters in the Death Chamber. they both never had proper families and needed each other. Throughout Harry's hardships with Umbridge, Sirius encouraged him to oppose her reforms and strongly approved of Harry's secret defensive tutorial group for students, Dumbledore's Army. He also willingly answered all of Harry's questions about the Order and Voldemort, though most of Harry's mentors felt Harry was too young to handle the burden of the truth. Sirius's uncle Alphard, Walburga's brother, sympathised with his young nephew and left him a large inheritance in his will, most likely causing Walburga to blast Alphard's name off, as well. Sirius was named the godfather of Harry James Potter, the only son of James and Lily Potter. Sirius fled Europe beyond the Ministry of Magic's jurisdiction. I think you see that from his relationship with Harry in Phoenix. He kind of wants a mate from Harry, and what Harry craves is a father. 5. During the match he witnessed Harry's excellent flying skills, which he later commented mirrored James's skills. He asked Sirius to resume his human form and make his peace with Snape, although neither was pleased (Sirius also frightened Molly Weasley when she first saw him as she believed him to be a murderer). Though Sirius also appeared to be friendly with Mundungus Fletcher, that did not stop Fletcher from stealing Sirius's possessions after his death. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Dumbledore was devastated when Sirius was killed by Bellatrix, believing that it was mostly his fault, and he later expressed to Harry his belief that Sirius was a brave, clever, and energetic man who would never be content with sitting at home in hiding while his loved ones were in danger. Sirius assured his godson that dying was not painful at all and was actually quicker and easier than falling asleep. This allowed them to safely accompany Remus during his transformations and keep him under control. They thought Voldemort had the right idea, they were all for the purification of the wizarding race, getting rid of Muggle-borns and having pure-bloods in charge.Sirius's alienation in regards to his family and his resentment of their views. It could be implied these brands were done to him as a form of a testament to his crimes. Orion's death was from an unknown cause, while Regulus's death was caused when he drank the Drink of Despair while trying to destroy one of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, and when he tried to get water to quench his thirst, he was dragged to his death by the Inferi, although Sirius never learned the details of his death. Beloved characters such as Cedric Diggory, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore and Fred Weasley all heartbreakingly perish over the course of the series in events that could easily have rocked the Boy Who Lived. The only time James ever stopped was in front of Lily Evans, a pretty redhead who disapproved of such behaviour, whom James later married right after they left Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanSirius confronting Peter in regards to his betrayal, After leaving school, Sirius fought against Lord Voldemort, eventually joining the Order of the Phoenix. Book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Kreacher, forced to serve Harry by Black's will, was sent to work as a Hogwarts house-elf in the school kitchens (an imposition which did nothing to improve Kreacher's hatred of Harry). EDIT: didnt realize autocorrect misspelled his name, wasnt able to fix the title but I fixed the text. Close. His favourite cousin, Andromeda, was disowned by the family as a "blood traitor" when she married Ted Tonks, a Muggle-born wizard. Before he returned to Hogwarts after the Christmas break, Sirius gave Harry a badly wrapped package and told him to use its contents to contact him should Harry ever need to talk. After receiving an issue of the Daily Prophet from Cornelius Fudge during an inspection, he discovered that Pettigrew was indeed hiding in his Animagus form as Ron Weasley's pet rat Scabbers. Although Hagrid initially believed that Sirius was a traitor, he understood the real situation after it was explained to him, and it is likely that they resumed their friendship. Although he was the heir of the House of Black, Sirius disagreed with his family's belief in blood purity and defied tradition when he was . And her son, just like Harry, was left alone never knowing his kind, gentle and wonderful parents. Feeling partly responsible for Ron's loss, Sirius gave him an owl to replace "Scabbers". Harry Potter Dobby said gently, for the last time. However, Pettigrew outwitted Black: confronted by Sirius on a city street, he shouted out that it was Sirius who betrayed the Potters and then created a huge explosion on the street with an extremely powerful explosive curse (likely the Blasting Curse), killing twelve Muggles in the process and enabling him to fake his own death and escape in his Animagus form, leaving a severed finger behind as evidence. This most likely meant that Pettigrew went into hiding as a rat in hopes of avoiding the half of Voldemort's followers who avoided imprisonment, afraid that they will be motivated to kill him if his continuing existence became known if not return to their master. The Muggle authorities were warned that Black was dangerous. This really undermines the tragedy of the situation. The trio, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black in the Shrieking Shack. I never betrayed James and Lily. Lane is a writer who loves entertainment and media and watches as many movies as she reads books. Like the fact that you were coming to regard Sirius as a mixture of father and brother. Remus Lupin: fondly remembered as a kind man with a slightly scruffy appearance and tatty old briefcase, who suffered an excruciating transformation every month. [25] Harry regarded Sirius as a mixture of father and older brother, and Sirius viewed Harry as exceptionally brave and mature for his age, having experienced as much as many adults have. Clever, funny, and brave, Tonks was one-in-a-million, and not just because of her powers as a Metamorphmagus. This gaping omission is not inkeeping with Sirius' previous behavior, and feels notable because there is no explanation for him neglecting to mention the mirror that does not feel contrived. After a short duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort, the latter fled, but not before he was seen by Cornelius Fudge himself and several other Ministry officials, finally forcing them to abandon their smear campaign against Dumbledore and Harry and admit the truth to the world. The bike was in Hagrid's possession until it was needed to bring Harry from Number 4 Privet Drive to Order Headquarters shortly before Harry's seventeenth birthday. As a result, Kreacher grew to harbour a hatred of Sirius, which ultimately proved fatal when Kreacher was easily convinced to reveal the nature of Harry's and Sirius's relationship to Bellatrix Lestrange. Sirius had an unhappy childhood; by adolescence he had come to hate most of his relatives, in particular his mother Walburga and his cousin Bellatrix Black. And as those big, wide eyes glazed over, there was that devastating sentence from the book: his eyes were nothing more than great, glassy orbs sprinkled with light from the stars they could not see.. Dudley Dursley is present for Harry's big blunder at the beginning of Prisoner of Azkaban, which involves Harry "blowing up" his Aunt Marge. Unfortunately, Sirius's handsomeness - much like his imprisoned cousin Bellatrix - suffered due to the depression and maltreatment he underwent during the twelve years he spent in Azkaban. Its so terribly sad, and Here lies Dobby, a Free Elf are six of the saddest words youll ever read. That being said, the loss of Sirius Black is still one of the saddest moments in the entire series, and many fans will never really recover from it, much like Harry Potter himself. Sirius's death was also a factor that led to Dumbledore finally revealing to Harry things that had been kept secret from him, mainly about the true power of his mother's sacrificial protection and the prophecy about him and Voldemort. [19], He remained the best of friends with James and attended James's wedding to Lily Evans as best man. When Sirius ran away from home at age sixteen, James's family took him in. But then Harry was plunged into the Pensieve and we learnt the truth. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. In the scene, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna ended up in the Ministry's death chamber and encountered the veil that separates the living from the dead. Albus Dumbledore advised the Potters to go into hiding using the Fidelius Charm, which Dumbledore hoped would conceal them from doom. I think the only reason I never lost my mind is that I knew I was innocent. The actor explained that the moment was tragic because he "adored" working with Oldman and didn't know if he would get the chance to do so again . The nature of Sirius's relationship with his family during his early childhood is unknown, but at the age of eleven, he earned the severe disappointment and disapproval of his family by being Sorted into Gryffindor house at Hogwarts. I know I get choked up at that scene every time, he made the emotion of losing his only living family so realistic that it almost hurts to watch. Sirius's godson Harry honoured Sirius by naming his first-born James Sirius Potter. [28] Voldemort lured Harry to the Department of Mysteries in 1996 by planting a vision of Sirius suffering in his mind, knowing that Harry would do whatever it took to save his godfather. Together, Lupin and Sirius revealed Peter's true form. Well, I thought that paper was a piece of cake. Molly Weasley, however, criticised Sirius's behaviour towards Harry, claiming that he acted as if Harry were James rather than the child that he undeniably still was. She was loyal, capable and she fought for the person she wanted to be with. Sirius met Lily Evans on the Hogwarts Express, where he and James Potter almost immediately made a bad impression on her by insulting her best friend, Severus Snape. In the books, Sirius gives Harry an enchanted mirror (by which they should be able to communicate with); however, in the films, this is not shown on-screen. For anyone who either read the series or watched the films, seeing Harry repeatedly lose people that he loved was emotionally challenging. Chapter: Thirty-Five - Beyond the Veil. Together, this group created the Marauder's Map. I really loved reading this because it makes me think that Daniel really felt the death of Sirius, as it was also basically the end of his appearance in the movies. Cookie Notice However, due to his use of exotic birds, Harry suspected him of hiding somewhere in the tropics. Sirius and his cousin, Bellatrix, met their deaths in a similar way because they were both taunting their killers before they died (and their taunts were their last words). At age sixteen, Sirius finally broke away from his pure-blood family and took refuge with James Potter and his parents. In the final cut of the movie, Harry's scream is muted entirely. This was mostly because Crouch was the one responsible for sentencing him to life imprisonment in Azkaban without a trial, denying him the opportunity to appeal his frame-up, and because of his disgust about Barty Crouch Jnr. The tragic deaths of James and Lily was a cruel brutal blow to him, as he would have willingly died for them, and confessed that he desperately missed his best friend (whom he loved as a brother) every day. It can also be assumed that he at least had a healthier relationship with his uncle Alphard than most of his family, considering he left some inheritance for Sirius. Like the rest of the wizarding world, Dumbledore initially believed it was Sirius who betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort, but he was quick to accept Sirius's innocence when he learned the Secret-Keeper had actually been Pettigrew, and he helped Hermione and Harry to save Sirius from the Dementor's Kiss and to escape from his Ministry captors by means of a Time-Turner and Buckbeak. His outraged mother blasted his name off the family tree, as was the tradition for those who did not support the family's supremacist ideology. [5] His other cousin, Narcissa Malfoy, also seemed to hold Sirius in low regard, as she taunted Harry Potter about his death when they argued in 1996.[27]. According to Sirius, the other boy was jealous of his and James's popularity, and took to following them around, trying to get them into trouble. With the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge wanting to have Sirius kissed and Sirius's proof of innocence gone, he was forced to go on the run. [19], Poor old Snuffles. She also sent a letter to Sirius, which showed that they were still friends despite the intense distrust and fear spread by the First War. Gary Oldman was 46 when he first played Sirius in Prisoner of Azkaban and 53 when he last played him. Unfortunately, by the next spring, his condition deteriorated, and he reverted back to a state that was only slightly better than that which he had been in a year ago: unshaven, with a faint scent of stale drink around him, and he did not bother to change his clothes at night (presumably a result of his "imprisonment" at the home he utterly despised and his conviction of his apparent uselessness). It couldnt be real as Harry thought on the next page: it could not have happened. Severus placed himself in constant danger for the woman he always loved, Lily Potter. Whereas all other members of the Black family were Sorted into Slytherin, Sirius was placed in Gryffindor during his Sorting in 1971, showing that his views had already diverged from those of the rest of the family before he came to school. It was the strength of her love for Remus that brought her to Hogwarts for the final battle and ultimately, to her death. Here, then, are the seven saddest moments from the Harry Potter movies. These are the characters you look forward to spending time with on the page or screen: they may intrigue you, inspire you, enrage you or make you laugh. Between his complicated relationship with Cho, Umbridge being hellbent on ruining his life and trying to learn occlumency, he was pretty preoccupied. As Sirius's relationship with his relatives deteriorated, he gained a lifelong friendship with James Potter and Remus Lupin. He was plagued with the thought that if he had given himself over to Voldemort, this might not have happened. Sirius Black III (3 November 1959 - 18 June 1996), also known as Padfoot or Snuffles (in his Animagus form), was an English pure-blood wizard, the older son of Orion and Walburga Black, the older brother of Regulus Black, and godfather of Harry Potter. Later, Snape delighted in taunting Sirius about his "uselessness" to the Order of the Phoenix while he was forced to remain cooped up in 12 Grimmauld Place, and the two needled each other at every opportunity. And there he was his face wasn't waxy at all but handsome and full of laughter.Sirius's appearance before Azkaban. Though he became increasingly estranged from his own family, Sirius gained three good friends who were in Gryffindor with him: James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. ". and our [25], I don't like being back hereI never thought I'd be stuck in this house again.Sirius on being forced to remain in his family home. Ted Tonks collected the debris and sent it to Arthur Weasley, who later repaired the bike. However, Sirius made a complete turn-around when the Weasley family and Harry decided to stay at Grimmauld Place over the Christmas holidays for its proximity to St Mungo's, and at one point was heard singing "God Rest Ye, Merry Hippogriffs" at the top of his lungs. In the film adaptation of Order of the Phoenix, Harrys scream was muted and he was held back by Lupin. The most referenced of these traits is his "bark-like laugh." He bullied and humiliated those he particularly disliked, namely Severus Snape. One of the most gut-wrenching deaths in theHarry Potter series is that of Sirius Black.

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