more Prank, explaining Sirius

[jklb66]

No: HPFGUIDX 35027

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Erin Ridgeway" <puddin210 at h...> wrote:
> 
> So, Sirius stalks off, and after he cools down he starts thinking. 
He 
> realizes he probably shouldn't have told Snape all that. But then 
he starts 
> to rationalize what he did. He reminds himself that even though 
Remus is a 
> werewolf, he's still Remus. He 
> simply cannot wrap his mind around the idea that Remus isn't Remus 
when he's 
> in werewolf form, or that Werewolf!Remus might kill Snape. Werewolf!
Remus 
> would recognize Snape, scare the heck out of him, and send him 
packing, tail 
> between his legs (har), leaving the Marauders to mischief as usual.
> He doesn't 
> realize what could've really happened until 
Dumbledore/James/Remus/whomever 
> rake him over the coals for it, then he feels the proper remorse. 
As a 
> result of the Prank, though, Snape becomes even more insufferable, 
so Sirius 
> isn't about to apologize. He feels guilty, so subconsciously, he 
decides 
> that it's way easier to reaaaally hate the guy than to tell him 
he's sorry, 
> and anyway, he should've known better than to go if Sirius told him 
to, duh. 
> Sirius talks himself into believing that he wasn't really the one 
who 
> screwed up, Snape was as much at fault as he was, and therefore, 
he's not 
> the one to blame, not entirely.
> 
> Sirius's continued references to Snape's sliminess and nosiness, 
his 
> insistance that "he had it coming", and his intense hatred of Snape 
for 
> essentially no good reason seem to me to be a defense mechanism. 
Way down in 
> the dark recesses of his soul, Sirius knows he did something very 
wrong, but 
> he's not about to admit it, because his brain is convinced that 
Snape 
> deserved it, and that nothing would've really happened to him 
anyway.
> 
> And there, ladies and gentlemen, is my Theory. Be gentle, I've 
never put 
> forth any sort of theory before.

I can agree with part of your theory.  Sirius's continuing insistance 
that "Snape had it coming," sounds EXACTLY like he is trying to 
rationalize his own misdeed.  It's easier to stay angry at Snape 
rather than admit to the fault within himself.

I don't agree, however, that Sirius ever thought to himself something 
like, "Remus won't REALLY hurt him," because Sirius had spent plenty 
of time with Remus in wolf form, and should have known better than 
anyone what Remus was capable of.  Please note that Sirius never 
dared get near werewolf-Remus unless he was in his animagus form.

I love both Sirius and Severus, but I'd really love to smack Sirius 
in the head and say, "Apologize already!"