Snapers or Sirists (was Defending Snape, Dissing Sirius)

[tanie_05]

No: HPFGUIDX 34705

Marianne wrote:
> Don't you all think it interesting that most Snape fans can't seem 
to 
> cut Sirius any slack, and most Sirius fans only want to give Snape 
> enough rope with which to hang him? If someone bashes one "S-man", 
> the defense of that character almost always includes an attack on 
the 
> other "S-man."

Hmmm...interesting enough point. I admit I like Sirius *a lot* more 
than Snape, but I'll try to find some good things about Snape to say.

> I will once again rant about "The Prank."  People seem to assume 
that 
> Sirius wanted to kill Snape.  The only evidence we have in canon to 
> support that was Snape's statement to Dumbledore in PoA 
about "Sirius 
> Black showed himself capable of murder at the age of sixteen." I do 
> believe that Snape thinks Sirius wanted to kill him.  But, that is 
> not proof of Sirius' intent.

Oh, geez, Louise! We will never hear the end of this, will we? Here's 
the thing: both parties were wrong in this scenario. Sirius was wrong 
for sending Snape down there in the first place, and Snape was wrong 
because he threatened to reveal their secret and was being too nosy. 
We need a little bit more info what happened and an apology from both 
Sirius & Snape. :)
 
> I am not trying to excuse Sirius' actions. They could have led to 
> injury or death as well as dire consequences to Remus, had the 
> werewolf done any damage.    

Me either. It was rather foolish, but hey, he was like 16.

> They did not.  Did anyone die?  No.  Was 
> anyone serverely injured? No. Was Remus "outed" by this? No. Should 
> Sirius have received servere punishment?  Yes.  Did he?  We don't 
> know. Did Sirius apologize to Snape? To Lupin?  To James? We don't 
> know. 

Exactly. No one died, so no serious harm done. Like I said, there 
needs to be a few more apologies and we'll be ok.

> And, by the same token, if we hear Sirius apologize to Snape (and 
> mean it) will people put "The Prank" to rest?

lol. I can only hope...

-Kyrstyne
(who just thinks the whole prank thing was blown waaaaaay out of 
proportion)