Digest 895/Sirius/Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 19271

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Zarleycat at a... wrote:

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 don't know what it is but there sure seems to be something else 
besides what we have been told.


 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.


The excuse Sirius gives is rather weak.  You would send someone to 
meet a werewold just because that guy is a pest and rather nosy?  
There has to be more to it than that, IMHO.


  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.


You're right.  They just can't seem to get over what caused them to 
be enemies.  Hey, maybe it is Florence and she will be the new DADA 
teacher ;)


I'm sure 
> that JKR has more in store for us in the continuing saga of Severus 
> and Sirius.


I'm counting on it.  I would love to see more of Sirius (but much 
more Snape) in the next book.  I wonder how that is going to be 
possible since there is still that little matter of him being wanted 
hanging over his head.  Same thing for Lupin.  I want to see more of 
him but wonder how that will be.

Snape, Sirius, Lupin, Dumbledore.  I love them all!  Too bad they 
won't all be around by the end of the series.  Somehow, I just think 
Sirius is going to be the only one to survive.  I don't know why I 
feel that way and boy, I hope I'm wrong.  

Koinonia