Sirius the Jerk

[Kewpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 61955

> Speaking of which, I think Lupin and Sirius have matured enough to 
> make the difficult realization that they did bad things when they 
> were growing up, and the further realization that one has to stop 
> feeling guilty for the things one did 20 years earlier and forgive 
> oneself as one hopes one could forgive any 15-year-old for being a 
> cruel idiot.  People who berate themselves for things they did long 
> ago are really stuck in a less-than-exalted developmental stage, 
IMO 
> (and I can talk `cause I'm one of them).  That isn't to say that 
they 
> shouldn't apologize, if the people they've hurt are still alive.


Has Sirius ever really matured enough for such realization?  I know 
for sure Lupin has, but to me Sirius seems to have stuck at his glory 
teenage days since his spend his adult prime in Azkaban. Obviously he 
did not show one bit of regret over his disgusting bully ways of 
Snape and that infamous prank. Guilt? blah~ not one tiny single bit 
ever shown thru his words and attitudes. Sirius seems to be pretty 
proud of his cruel ways and no regard over Snape's feelings even 
after all these years.