Snape and Sirius wasRe: The most accurate portrayal of Sirius not OOP but in GOF

[ellejir]

No: HPFGUIDX 73508

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
Melanie wrote:
> And one thing that I don't get is maybe there is some bitterness on 
the side of Sirius because perhaps, Sirius thinks that Snape must 
have known he wasn't really a death eater.  Whether this is true or 
not I will never know....but Sirius might be inclined to think that 
if Snape was a death eater he must have known that Sirius was 
not...and must have been kind of hurt by the fact that he never told 
tried to stand behind him.  
>  

Me:
There are several possible explanations for Snape not revealing that 
Sirius was not a Death Eater:
1.  Perhaps he was not sure that Sirius was *not* a DE.  Peter 
Pettagrew was a member of the original Order and also a spy for 
Voldemort.  Presumably, the whole Betrayal-of-the-Potters thing by 
their secret keeper was an *undercover* operation, not known to all 
the rank and file Death Eaters (one of *them* could have been a spy--
like !Snape!)  
2.  It would be difficult to establish that Sirius was *not* a DE 
without revealing that he (Snape) was one.  ("See everyone, I have 
this dark mark on my arm and he doesn't....")  And Death Eaters were 
being sent to Azkaban with few questions asked (professional Quiddich 
players excepted).
3.  Snape absolutely *hated* Sirius.  He must have thought it was a 
*dream come true* to have his arch-enemy from school days sent to 
Azkaban for a life sentence for *any* reason.  Why ask questions!?!  
Christmas come early!!         Elle