Snape vs. Sirius, round 2

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34746

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "uilnslcoap" <devin.smither at y...> wrote:
> Remorse?  Remorse...I think of remorse as a rather positive 
emotion, 
> in its being often the first step to forgive or apologize and as 
an 
> emotion that is very human and essential.  I bet you anything 
remorse 
> is one of the last things on anyone's mind in Azkaban.

I think remorse is a sufficiently unhappy emotion that the Dementors 
wouldn't suck it out.  And actually, Sirius is full of remorse -- 
for James and Lily's deaths.  His remorse, in fact, is totally out 
of proportion to his actual guilt in this case.  And it's easy to 
see why -- twelve years of being forced to relive those horrible 
memories over and over, having all those painful feelings 
amplified... he wouldn't even been able to say to himself "hey, it 
wasn't really my fault," because that would be a semi-nice thought, 
and the Dementors would gobble it right up. <shudder>  The prank, 
OTOH, was probably a fairly neutral memory for him, not unhappy 
enough for the Dementors to make him relive it; so it's safe to 
assume that in twelve years in Azkaban he never gave it a thought -- 
so when would he have had the chace to develop remorse for it?


Marina
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