[HPforGrownups] Shrieking Shack in PoA was Re: Who's at fault for Snape v. Harry?

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 68486


darrin_burnett wrote:

> Harry himself is faced with the man who everyone believes betrayed his 
> parents. Ron is hearing that the creature he's had as a pet was a Dark Lord-
> supporter and both are willing to listen long enough.
> 
> Once again, 13-year-olds are showing more maturity and restraint than 
> Snape. 
> 
> Whatever Snape suffered at the hands of Sirius, let us remember that Harry 
> has every reason to believe that  Sirius Black essentially orphaned him.
> 
> If he can take a minute, Snape damn well can.

But 13-year-olds have at least one person who they trust and respect 
talking to them, for Snape there is nobody there worth listening to.
Maybe if Lupin offered to transform the rat in the first couple of 
seconds before Snape completely lost his marbles, he would stood a chance.

> Perhaps this is true, and he wanted Sirius to beg. But, then the joke would 
> have been on Snape, because I have every confidence Dumbledore would 
> have listened and Pettigrew/Scabbers would have been outed and Sirius 
> would have eventually been free.

Yes, I agree. If Sirius just wrote a letter to Dumbledore, inviting him 
to have a closer look at Ron's pet, it would've been a much shorter 
book. :-) Or Lupin took a second to inform Dumbledore before running to 
meet Sirius. Actually, I'm getting more and more annoyed with Lupin.
Did you notice how he gives two different resignation stories to
Hagrid and Harry?

Irene