Sirius: "Of course you look up to me! Who wouldn't? You thought you'd made it the day I offered to show you around Hogwarts. I was your ticket in. Oh, I hope somebody I'll be Sirius — no, I pray someday I'll be like Sirius."
Aries Peltier III: "And now I can think of nothing worse than being you! I get it, you've always been selfish. You do what you like because you want something. Whatever. It makes sense. But now — now you only do things because you can! You play with people and I don't get why. You have no friends, no girlfriend, no one left. Not even the twins are talking to you. So you were right, they are clever. You're lonely, Sirius. You're sociopathic. You brought it upon yourself."
— An argument regarding Sirius' controlling nature
Sirius Jedidiah Leander (b. 31 December) is a half-blood wizard of the Leander and Potter families, the eldest child born to the late Jedidiah and Lattice Leander (née Malfoy-Potter). He is the elder brother of twins Lily and Odysseus, as well as the godson of Nicodemus Potter. After the unexpected death of their father, the Leander children were raised by their mother alone in Godric's Hollow. At the age of nine Sirius was hugely devastated by the loss and marked by the abject ability to see Thestrals.
Sirius: "Look around, Aries. Fuck all ever happens in this little world anymore. You've got to improvise."
Aries Peltier III: "No matter who you hurt?"
Sirius: "What does it matter who I hurt? He was bored, I was bored, she was bored, and now we're not."
— Sirius' imprudent and unflinching attitudes towards life
Magical abilities and skills[]
"You know how magic is random? It acts according to talent. Chance, chaos, confidence. It all depends on the movement of your wrist and your concentration, and then boom! Magic! We're the same thing as that. That's the great thing about magic. It's unpredictable. That's why it's so much fun."
— Sirius proclaiming his passion and understanding of magic
The name Sirius is derived from the Ancient Greek Σείριος, Seirios, meaning "glowing" or "scorcher." The star Sirius is known as the Dog Star and is the brightest star in Canis Major, the Great Dog constellation. In Arabic, the star is known as al-shira, "the leader," and in Scandinavia, it has been referred to as Lokabrenna, meaning "Loki's torch". Loki was a trickster god in Norse mythology, a possible allusion to Sirius and his calculating ways.
The name Jedidiah is a Hebrew baby name, meaning "beloved of the Lord" or "friend of God". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah (Jeddedi in Brenton's Septuagint Translation) was the second or blessing name given by God through the prophet Nathan in infancy to Solomon, second son of King David and Bathsheba.
The name Leander is a Greek baby name, although it can be used as a surname; the meaning of this name is "lion-man", which could perhaps be cleverly attributed to the Leanders' most commonly being sorted into Gryffindor.
Quotes[]
Sirius: Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Philip: I just had no time for homework. Sirius: Time? I've had my morning jog around the grounds, showered, shaved, tended to my Mandragora Officinarum, subtly undermined my roommates, had a quickie with Filly, showered again, put new clothes on, proofread an essay and here I am, with all of my homework done.
Sirius: We've grown apart. Elliana: How so? Sirius: My need to engage in manipulative behaviour on a humongous scale cannot be corrected but I have no other way to fulfill my needs. You bore me. I'm not joking. We're finished. Elliana: But your mates are my mates and my mates are your mates. I don't think it would work. Hang on, you've got something on your collar... Sirius: I know that your mates are my mates. I've thought about that. You can have them. Elliana: Are you serious? What about the past? Our past? Sirius: We never really shared one. Elliana: My god! You're inhuman. Sirius: No... I'm in touch with humanity. Sorry, Ellie. You're just not terribly important to me at all.
Sirius: Give a wizard a wand and he'll rob a bank. Give a wizard a bank and he'll rob the world.
Sirius: It's the Quidditch World Cup! I want to try something new. Jasper: Being gay isn't a hobby, Sirius. You're not playing Gobstones here. Sirius: I've played Gobstones before. Jasper: What about your girlfriend? Sirius: Loves Gobstones.
Notes[]
Sirius' theme song was Play God by Sam Fender.
Sirius' specialised soundtrack, titled boy god, can be found on 8tracks.
