[HPforGrownups] Re: PPMW background - Snape/Sirius

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 29618

MMMfanfic at hotmail.com wrote:

> A more interesting question is -- if Snape's mission is indeed going
> back to Voldemort, would he testify to the Ministry to clear Sirius's
> name now once he has seen Peter Pettigrew alive with his own eyes,
> even at the risk of blowing his cover?
> 
> It is evident that by the end of GoF, Snape no longer considered
> Sirius as a murderer, just a nemesis like Harry.  Us Snape fans think
> Snape, despite his faults, would consider it his duty to do that but
> what do the non-fans think?

I can't quite speak as a Snape non-fan, but I think it would very
much depend on the situation.  I see Snape as the sort of person
who keeps the big picture in mind.  If it was vitally important
to the fight against Voldemort that Sirius be cleared (to enable
him to act more freely in the service of the Cause, for
instance), then Snape would testify.  If it wasn't important or
might even be counterproductive (there might be good reasons,
similar to Snape's own, to leave Sirius's loyalties murky to the
view of outsiders), then he'd keep his mouth shut.

Just MHO.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>