I always forget thereās a pause between Harry throwing Sirius on the floor and Remus actually showing up. And itās silent almost the entire time.
Truly, the second Harry tells Sirius that Harry has memories of his mother being murderedā¦Sirius stops trying to argue with him or protest Harryās actions at all. He doesnāt have anything else to even SAY, he justā¦stops. A whole year of planning, and Peter is right thereā¦and Sirius stops and looks at Harry and waits. He doesnāt speak again until the end of the chapter, well into Remus coming in and establishing how he got there.
And itās maybe one of the top five most Tragic moments in the whole series tbh. Thereās this moment where Harry thinks heās looking in the eyes of someone who betrayed his parentsā¦and he canāt quite bring himself to even avenge them. And Sirius is looking at the child of James and Lilyāwho thinks Sirius is an absolute Monster of a personāand he canāt argue with Harry, because Sirius blames himself so much for their deaths. So they are just Staring at each other, waiting for Harry to decide what heās going to do. Sirius hands over the anger in the scene to Harryā¦compared to what happened to Harry, what right does Sirius have to be angry? To demand any kind of hearing? He genuinely doesnāt have any words.
And not to go FULL emo, but thatās one thing Sirius always gave Harryā¦the sense that Harry could feel what he felt. That Harry has the right to emotions that could be heard out. Because Sirius knows what Harry has suffered, and he continues to gives him a voice in processing what that means. (So does Remus, in a different, more structured way).
Wow... Iāll just pretend that doesnāt sting!
