Exorcizing the Prank

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 38801

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., ladjables <ladjables at y...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> It seems to me that the Prank haunts the list,
> rattling its chains around like Marley.  I was
> wondering if I could help lay it to rest, until the
> Grand High Medium Jo does the job properly, that is.
> 
 >snip>

> So, can prank-haters and prank apologists hold hands
> now and skip into the sunset together?  Or will those
> chains keep clanking?  I'd like to hear your thoughts
> on the matter.  Of course, if a prank war ensues, I
> plead the Trelawney defense.


A valiant try, but I think the answer to your question about skipping 
into the sunset is "Probaby not."  I think the most we can hope for 
between the Snapists and the Sirians is an uneasy truce. 

We've beaten this particular horse, not only to death, but into some 
other dimension and I don't think we've come up with an answer that 
satisfies both sides.  There will always be people pulling for Sirius 
who will insist that his intention was to scare, not kill, and that 
he impetuously set this whole thing in motion without thinking 
through the potentially horrible consequences of his act.  

And, on the other side, there are the folks who see this as either an 
obvious attempt at murder, or an act of such mean-spirited stupidity 
that it has tainted Sirius' character beyond redemption.  

Add to this that canon gives us the outline of what happened that 
night, not a minute by minute account.  So, each side will interpret 
what is known favorably to their guy.  Until we have more definitive 
information about the exact events of that night, I don't think 
either side will give an inch to the other.


Marianne