Sirius don't need no stinkin' remorse

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 47734

Dicentra wrote:

> This apology issue comes up from time to time, and it really 
> perplexes me, especially in the case of the Pr*nk.  We *so*
> don't know what happened, especially in the aftermath thereof, that
> we can't really go around saying that "Sirius should apologize to 
> Snape" or "Snape became disillusioned with Dumbledore when he 
> didn't expel Sirius."  

Now me:

I completely agree.  I think there's far more that we have to learn 
about the Prank.  It just seems to me that the Prank (from what we 
know about it to date) wasn't horrible enough to have engendered the 
level of hatred that exists between Snape and Sirius/Remus, and that 
once existed between Snape and James.

Dicentra again:

> From his [Sirius'] perspective, he wasn't sending anyone to his
> death.  In all likelihood, he wasn't, but Snape makes it out to be
> that way (which makes an interesting case for his life-debt to 
> James: it's more manufactured than real). <snip> I don't think 
> Dumbledore saw it as attempted murder.  

Me again:

I can definitely see how Snape could have twisted these events in his 
mind to make himself believe it was attempted murder when it really 
wan't.  But what about this interchange between Dumbledore and Harry 
at the end of PS/SS (Ch. 17, p. 217 UK edition):

Dumbledore:  "And then, your father did something Snape could never 
forgive."

Harry: "What?"

Dumbledore:  "He saved his life...Funny, the way people's minds work, 
isn't it?  Professor Snape couldn't bear being in your father's 
debt..."

This interchange suggests that Dumbledore believes that James really 
did save Snape's life.  Although I suppose the "funny the way 
people's minds work" reference could be read to suggest that this was 
actually Snape's perception rather than reality.

~Phyllis
wondering why Dicentra refers to the Prank with an asterisk in the 
middle