Of course.The subject of Sirius’ past abuse rises in Order of the Phoenix and it’s canon that he was at least verbally and emotionally abused by his family til he left home.I’m just gonna do a quick search and pull some quotes from OOTP. “Yoooou!” she howled, her eyes popping at the sight of the man. “Blood traitor, abomination, shame of my flesh!” (Portrait of Walburga Black to Sirius, OOTP Chapter 4)This is Walburga’s portrait so it’s only a glimpse of her, i can’t imagine the things Sirius heard before he could finally leave Grimmauld Place. Now, the books are told from Harry’s POV so the hints of Sirius’ abuse are somewhat subtle. Sirius doesn’t speak of his past home life explicitly, maybe because he didn’t have time to deal with it himself either or maybe because he doesn’t want to burden his 15 year old godson with his problems, but it’s all there in the books.Kreacher bowed again and said, “Whatever Master says,” then muttered furiously, “Master is not fit to wipe slime from his mother’s boots, oh my poor Mistress, what would she say if she saw Kreacher serving him, how she hated him, what a disappointment he was —” (OOTP Chapter 6) “Leave?” Sirius smiled bitterly andran a hand through his long, unkempt hair. “Because I hated the whole lot ofthem: my parents, with their pure-blood mania, convinced that to be a Blackmade you practically royal … my idiot brother, soft enough to believethem … that’s him.”…. “He was younger than me,” saidSirius, “and a much better son, as I was constantly reminded.” (Sirius about his family, OOTPChapter 6)Another example of both verbal and emotional abuse Sirius suffered.We don’t know much about Sirius’ father, but this quote makes me believe that he wasn’t quiet involved with his family’s home life as his wife was.“Itwas my father’s,” said Sirius, throwing the ring into the sack. “Kreacherwasn’t quite as devoted to him as to my mother, but I still caught him snogginga pair of my father’s old trousers last week.” (OOTP Chapter 4)Whether he himself abused Sirius or not, he had not qualms about disowning his own son or the abuse his wife inflicted on him. That’s negligent at best (which still counts as abuse in my book.), though i do think that he also verbally and emotionally abused Sirius at some time. Then, there’s also Kreacher, who Sirius absolutely loathes. This is just my own reading, but i think Kreacher also took part in the abuse Sirius suffered, maybe directly or indirectly. This quote, in my opinion, supports my theory. “He’s been alone too long,”said Sirius, “taking mad orders from my mother’s portrait and talking tohimself, but he was always a foul little —” (Sirius about Kreacher, OOTPChapter 6) Sirius is also uncomfortable and resentful of having to stay alone in the house with Kreacher, no matter how invisible he is. “I don’t know,” said Sirius, “Ihaven’t seen anyone from the Order all weekend, they’re all busy. It’s justbeen Kreacher and me here…” There was a definite note ofbitterness in Sirius’s voice. (OOTP Chapter 14) There’s also the fact that Sirius was incredibly unhappy because he was back at his childhood home and having to spend time around anything remind him of his family.Hasn’t anyone told you? This was myparents’ house,” said Sirius. “But I’m the last Black left, so it’s mine now. Ioffered it to Dumbledore for headquarters — about the only useful thing I’vebeen able to do.” Harry, who had expected a betterwelcome, noted how hard and bitter Sirius’s voice sounded. (OOTP Chapter 5)Sirius heaved another greatsigh, cast a dark look at the tapestry, and he and Harry went to join theothers. (OOTP Chapter 6) “I don’t like being back here,”he said, staring across the drawing room. “I never thought I’d be stuck in thishouse again.” (Sirius, OOTP Chapter 6)Sirius’ mental state during the time he spends in Grimmauld makes me wonder the severity of his abuse. After all, his parents were proud of Regulus for joining the Death Eaters, were they really above physically abusing their children who they “hated” that much? Even if they did, i think the only person Sirius would share it with would have been James so it’s normal that we don’t get a confirmation of this. Speaking of Sirius’ mental state, all through OOTP Sirius shows clear signs of PTSD and chronic depression, this always gets discarded as Sirius being moody, immature, emotionally unstable or just bored. He tries to repress his feelings which leads to explosive arguments later (Molly, Snape). Sirius already can’t deal with his feelings and he’s constantly getting scorned for his behavior. Wiizarding world is so uneducated on mental health that instead of helping Sirius; they provoke, knowingly trigger and further shut him in a house he was abused in. (I don’t buy for a second that Dumbledore didn’t know what Sirius went through in that house.)Now look what you’ve made me do, i made myself sad again thinking of my favorite star prince.
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