Digest 895/Sirius/Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 19233

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., koinonia02 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Danette Schardt-Cordova > Also Sirius 
was 
> the one that set Snape up to get hurt
> > by Lupin.  That may be a factor as well in the
> > Snape-Sirius rivalry.

> It's just my thought that Sirius set up Snape because of the *trio 
> love factor*.  Could also be why Snape wanted to get rid of 
Sirius.  
> One must get rid of the competition.  Just a thought (sort of weak, 
I 
> know).
> 
> Koinonia

I don't think it's weak at all.  I think that there is more to the 
original grudge between Sirius and Snape than what we have heard 
about so far.  And a contested love interest could certainly be a 
motivating factor.  I can certainly see that, even after all these 
years, Snape still feels hatred towards someone who may have 
indirectly caused his death.  But, I've never seen why Sirius would 
have the same level of loathing towards Snape.  You'd think that 
Sirius (who I am terribly fond of) would, by this time in his life, 
have relegated the trick to send Snape through the tunnel to the 
Shrieking Shack as old history.  

Yet his loathing of Snape still seems very...current, as if they've 
been feuding constantly as adults, even though they haven't seen each 
other in over a decade.  This makes me think that there was some 
other motivating factor in Sirius' action (and it may very well be a 
stupid motivating factor) that we don't yet know about.  I'm sure 
that JKR has more in store for us in the continuing saga of Severus 
and Sirius.

Marianne, who just loves those "S" guys