snape and sirius as a possible future traitor

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 34800

  OK, let me just be blunt. I've only been half-way following the 
snape/sirius discussion, so forgive me if I post something redundant 
here. To give both characters credit, they are both in a mind set 
of "war" so that could explain some of their "out of character" 
behavior. 
   We don't know the full story on Snape's background, but obviously 
there is a convoluted set of circumstances that have led him to being 
in Dumbledore's trust. I don't think it is just his expert ability as 
a teacher, which I will give him that much credit, that got him his 
appointment as a "master of potions" at such a young age , by 
wizarding standards. Whether he is your favorite character or not, 
nothing can justify the way he treats the students. I find anyone in 
a position of authority who so obviously abuses the position as a 
bully, and for that he gets my "thumbs down".Snape has his petty 
side, and ignores what his Slytherin crew does and discrinatingly 
punishes the other kids in the houses (despite who's at fault, which 
with kids, is irrelevant, they all should be punished equally for 
minor indiscretions, or if they wave their wands in a fight at 
school), this is unjust. 
   Sirius doesn't exactly move me one way or the other. So far, I 
have to agree with whoever posted the observation that he was 
indirectly responsible for the dementors being present at Hogwarts, 
which would definitely worry me had I been Sirius and exposed to them 
for 12 years. He did do something right though, he enlisted 
Crookshanks help and had Crookshanks been successful in eating 
Peter , the whole problem would have been solved. But then it would 
not have been as dramatic of a story as the confrontation at the 
Shrieking Shack :-)What I wonder though, is Sirius as innocent as he 
seems? I wonder if his version of the confrontation with Peter is  
really true? Although Peter did not refute his story in the Shrieking 
Shack, it has been mentioned that the death eaters did not 
necessarily know who all the others were. Voldy might have thought it 
would be handy to keep this information from Peter. I never saw where 
it mentioned whether Peter had a tatoo like the rest of the death 
eaters, so it's possible that Sirius does not have one. The reason I 
suspect him is because he is capable of violence, as evidenced by the 
stabbing of the Portrait lady's picture when she would not let him in 
Gryffindor,and the thoughtless prank that could have killed Snape. 
Also, I find it very suspicious that Sirius is unaffected by the 
dementors. I have never understood how Sirius found out so quickly 
where Lily and James's blown up house was, to be conveniently be 
there when Hagrid was. Was it possible he was there to finish Harry 
off afterall? He had a lot of time in Azkaban to think up a plausible 
story to win over Dumbledore.

Jo Ellen