Sirius Black-What a Guy!

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No: HPFGUIDX 44290

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., > 
> --- bugaloo37 <crussell at a...> wrote:
> > I have read post after post by people who like Snape and/or 
Draco.  
> > But how many of  you out there are a "Sirius Fan"?  I know a few 
of 
> > you pop up every once in a while-but there does not seem to be a 
very 
> > broad fan base for my favorite guy. > > 
>
then kelly broughton <kellybroughton at y...> wrote:
 
> <snip>
> there is one thing that stops me from being a full-blooded Sirius 
fan...
> and that is the Prank. The absolute lack of regret from Sirius 
really
> gives me pause, bc that incident, to me, is no small matter. 
Granted, we
> don't really know what all went down that night or why (Sirius says 
that
> Snape "deserved it"(!!!)), but WHY? Because he was always skulking 
around,
> trying to bust them all the time? I'm sorry, Sirius fans, but that 
is
> unacceptable! 
> 
> In otherwords, if I was ever in a life threatening situation, and my
> choice came down to Snape or Sirius, I would pick Snape in a 
heartbeat.
> There is just something WRONG with a man who almost gets a fellow
> classmate killed, just for a lark, and is unapologetic to this day.
> 
> -kel
> 

 Now me: 

I guess I would have to classify my self as a "Sirius fan" with 
reservations also, but my reservations are all related to the 
original prank itself and not Sirius' actions or lack of remorse 
after escaping from Azkaban.  

We have never seen Sirius at his best.  In fact, IMHO, the Sirius we 
meet in PoA is completely unhinged.  We all know everything he has 
been through in the preceding 12+ years.  He has only one thought in 
mind and that is to kill Peter.  That one thought has sustained him 
for almost a year.  Just as he sees his opportunity arrive so does 
Snape, whose first action is to tell Sirius how happy he is going to 
be to turn him over to the dementors for a soulectomy.  It doesn't 
surprise me that Sirius doesn't say, "by the way, I'm really sorry 
about that werewolf thing".  Sirius may have regrets about the Prank, 
he may not, but the Shreiking Shack scene is the last place I would 
have expected him to express them if he did.  

By the time we see Sirius in GoF he is more rational.  He has to know 
that the chances of Snape forgiving him are slim to none even if he 
does have regrets and apologizes.  On the other hand, Snape's actions 
in the Shreiking Shack may have just reinforced Sirius' belief that 
he was justified years ago.  

Now to the Prank itself.  I am really hoping that we get some more 
backstory on the Marauders and Snape and will have to withold my 
final opinion until all information is in.  I do find it hard to 
believe that Sirius  would send someone off to probable death just 
because they were trying to get him expelled from school, but I also 
wonder why Snape would have believed Sirius' information about Lupin 
and the Whomping Willow in the first place.  Didn't Snape wonder why 
Sirius was being so forthcoming?  Naive and stupid are not words I 
would use to describe Snape.  

My hope is that Sirius and Snape will have to work closely together 
sometime over the course of the last three books and will, at some 
point, develop a grudging respect for each other.  It may be 
predictable and cliched but I would dearly love to see the process as 
it happened.

Audrey (who has to be honest and admit that in a life or death 
situation she would pick Snape also.  Sirius was too willing to give 
up and spend 12 years in prison.  Give me a man of action even if I 
may not always agree with him!)       


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