[HPforGrownups] Sirius and Snape; Ron Weasley

[Chelsea2162 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 39310

In a message dated 6/1/2002 8:25:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dalesian at shaw.ca writes:

<< I'm not sure I agree with this line of reasoning.  I for one would side 
 with Snape on this one and wouldn't let Sirius off the hook that easily.  I 
 know a lot of folks try and justify Sirius' action in this case, and sure, 
 it was a schoolboy prank that almost went very wrong, but to me Sirius, 
 even as an adult, has no apparent regrets for pulling it.  That attitude is 
 seriously creepy to me and for that reason, I'm not terribly fond of Sirius 
 (now just WHY I am totally in lust with Snape is beyond even my 
 comprehension, but this is not the place to discuss my apparent sanity - or 
 lack thereof).
 
 It's pretty clear to me that Sirius set up Snape and didn't care much about 
 the consequences.  Many years later, he still doesn't. >>


    The whole prank incident has been debated over and over again, and I've 
finally decided to toss in my 2 cents. I believe that Sirius wanted to scare 
the living daylights out of Snape, but never meant for him to be in serious 
danger. Sirius is portrayed mostly, IMO, as a good man, who tries with all 
his might to protect Harry, and he seemed to be a good friend to Remus and 
James. 
    One reason I don't believe he was trying to really harm Snape, is because 
I have done some very stupid things (and so have my friends) that seemed 
hilarious at the time, but could have had very horrible consquences. Course 
no one was at risk of being killed by a werewolf, but people could've been 
seriously hurt. Some things seem really funny and cool at the time, but are 
realized to be a horrible idea afterwards.
    Also, as far as Sirius feeling guilty for it now - I see Sirius as a very 
proud man, and I think it would kill him to be grovely and apologetic to 
Snape now. I'll bet that he does feel guilty and very bad inside, but he and 
Snapre are not friends, and do not get along, and I think it would be hard 
for Sirius to readily admit that he was giant prat. He feels what he should 
feel, but doesn't want to further ruin his pride - after all, the poor guy 
just got out of Azkaban.

*Chelsea*