[HPforGrownups] PPMW background - Snape/Sirius

[Evil1ClaudeRains at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29575

In a message dated 11/21/01 5:06:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
finwitch at yahoo.com writes:


> And the animosity between Severus Snape and Sirius Black got deeper 
> and deeper...
> 

Being I keep feeling as though I'm saying things that have already been 
argued, and if I am/have, I hope you'll excuse me. 

I've been wondering if Snape testified for or against Sirius Black, if he 
even testified at all or if Black had a trial.  Even if there wasn't a trial 
or maybe Snape decided to stay out of it (either b/c he didn't want to help 
Black or b/c he didn't want to make it known he was a former DE at the time.) 
I'd've thought Snape might've known Pettigrew was a DE and Black wasn't.  

In GoF, during the 'The Pensive' chapter, Karkaroff says that Voldemort never 
allowed the DE's to know each other's names, but surely Snape would recognize 
Black and/or Pettigrew, what with all the 

<"Sneaking around, trying to find out what we (the marauders) were up to.."> 

he did when they were in school. Could Snape have held such a grudge against 
Black to keep him in Azkaban? I could understand if he sincerly thought Black 
was the one who killed those people/Pettigrew/sold Lily and James that he'd 
want Black in Azkaban, but it seems he wanted him in there more because he 
didn't like Black. 

<"You're pathetic! Just because they made of fool of you at school you won't 
even listen-"-(harry, PoA, Ch.19)>    

What I'm getting at is did Snape rise in Black's defense at all? Or even 
consider it? Or maybe he really just didn't know Black's affiliations, or 
Pettigrew's. Either way, as fond as I am of Snape, that man has serious 
issues. 




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