Nicholas Flamel + Sirius/Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 22202

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., anna_l_milton at h... wrote:
> 
> As for the Snape/Sirius affair, I'd just like to add my 2 knuts 
> without being pillored, so here goes: what Sirius did when they 
were 
> children were young, what Snape did at the end of PoA was wrong. 
> Period. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they do bring the score 
> back to zero. What gets on my nerves a little (and I know I'll be 
> pelted with rotten tomatoes for this) is that lots of people are 
> willing to let Sirius get away with everything but just can't keep 
> chastising Snape for his failings. 


Don't duck - this isn't a tomato, rotten or otherwise.  I don't think 
we know that Sirius, James, etal got away with everything.  We've 
only received Snape's view on that.  Just as we only get the 
students' opinion that Snape craves the DADA position.  

Dumbledore obviously found out about the Snape being sent into the 
tunnel, so as Headmaster he could have had Sirius expelled.  He 
didn't do so.  I don't think Dumbledore is the type to play 
favorites, so this is why I think there was some other event that set 
Sirius off. And, no, this is not to excuse Sirius - it was a horrible 
thing to do both to Sev and, potentially, to Remus.
 


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 I'm sure lots more people would like Snape if we had 
> the 1st person account instead of just the biased version.

Agreed, and I'm sure that Snape will develop even more fully in 
people's eyes as the series progresses.  I'm sure that one reason 
we've been shown Snape's pricklier side in the first 4 books is 
because his character can play the part of an obvious bad guy.  By 
that I mean "bad guy" in the sense of being what Harry perceives.  I 
think this is somewhat necessary to keep up some tension in the 
books, as the real evil, Voldemort, is rarely on stage.  And this 
gives the books more layers, rather than if Snape was a perfectly 
charming fellow, and Harry's only worries centered around his 
dealings with Malfoy.

Marianne, currently tomato-free