[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: What Snape is really doing out there...

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 66093



darrin_burnett wrote:

> 
> But his petty refusal to continue the Occlumency lessons, his 
> continual digs at Sirius (Look, Headmaster, look at all the work I'm 
> doing, while Sirius sits on his butt! Jesus, GROW UP!), his 
> insistence on calling V-Mort Dark Lord and his refusal to allow Harry 
> (who, after all, has earned the right to refer to V-Mort as Lord 
> Marvolo of the Cream Cheese Burrito if he wants) to use the true name 
> all speak to something deeper with this guy.

Can you show some canon for "continual digs"? Sirius takes Snape's
reports to the Order personally. It might be that Snape uses them
to taunt Sirius, it might be not. We only have Sirius's word for it.
When Snape talks to Harry about occlumency lessons, Sirius had no 
business being there, period. Snape came on Dumbledore's orders,
and anyway, what Sirius expected, he'll stab Harry with kitchen knife if 
left alone?
I also find it very telling that people leave this scene with the 
impression that Snape draws his wand first, when actually it was Sirius. 
Sirius was also the first to drag their history to the conversation 
(Snivellus).
Sadly, Sirius won't be doing any growing up.

Irene