[HPforGrownups] Re: Ron/Sirius parallels

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 11473

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:01:46 -0000, "Kimberly" <moongirlk at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I wasn't blaming, though, I was just saying it was probably a result 
>of anger and/or hot-headedness. 

I am sorry Kimberley, I think I have a bit overgeneralized here. 

> I certainly doubt that Snape was an 
>innocent victim, he probably provoked it, but provoked or not, he was 
>either angry, coldly cruel or really dangerously stupid, and I don't 
>think he's cruel or stupid.  Temper, to me, seemed like the most 
>reasonable, understandable reason for doing what he did.

I think there is a big difference in pre-Azkaban and post-Azkaban
Sirius. I believe he was rather immature at 16, and you are right, he
is neither cruel nor stupid. I still can't make sense of the
Snape/Lupin incident, and I think Penny might be right when she says
that we don't know everything about it.

>Thanks for the information on this, Monika.  I don't know anything 
>about either PTSD or ASD, and those things may well explain *why* he 
>behaves the way he does.  I can't know for sure.  Either way, though, 
>whether it's just his nature to have a hot temper, or if he has a hot 
>temper because of these problems, the behavior is still there.  I 
>accept that he may have particular reasons for being volatile, but 
>that just reinforces that he is, in fact, volatile, which is all I was 
>asserting.

I understand your point, but I see a difference between having a hot
temper because it is his nature and having a hot temper because of a
psychiatric disorder. The first one is inherited and will persist
forever, the latter one can be treated, and we have seen that it had
already worn off a bit (at least as far as we could see) in GoF. 

> I wasn't trying to place blame and say he's a bad person 
>because of it.  Sirius is one of my favorite characters.  I enjoy 
>trying to decide which is more appealing - Sirius or Lupin.

They are also my favorite characters, but I have a pronounced
preference for Sirius, maybe because of his tragic story.

Monika


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