[HPforGrownups]Snape & James vs Sirius(WAS Is Snape unfair with House Points?)

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 56860


 In referance to the prank Kelly said:

> To sum up, I do find it interesting that Sirius, even years later, 
still
> seems to think there was nothing wrong with what he did, but I 
think it was
> more because he didn't think before he acted.

Me:
   Canon has made it obvious that the animosity between Sirius and 
Snape is a two way street. However, I have to wonder how much of the 
animosity that Sirius feels toward Snape is rooted in their school 
days. I am in the camp that feels Sirius did not intend to put Snape 
in mortal danger and by extension was the type, at least at the 
time, that did not consider the possible consequences of his 
actions. That said, I don't think he hated Snape while at school. I 
see the relationship as being one of an active dislike, but not to 
the degree of loathing that he seems to harbor toward SS now (as of 
GOF).  
   IMO, Sirius's current hatred of SS probably stems from Snape's DE 
activities. At the time that we see Sirius's hatred at its 
strongest, he has just recently escaped Azkaban. Unless he already 
knew, during VW1, that Snape was spying for Dumbledore, he would 
have had no way to find out post Azkaban, at this point in the 
story. If he didn't know, it would explain his shock at the 
revelation that Snape was teaching at Hogwarts. He still thought 
that SNape was a loyal DE. There was no time for him to rationalize 
in the shrieking shack that Dumbledore might know something that he 
doesn't. I'm sure, since DD was coresponding with him in GOF, that 
he now knows DD's reasons for trusting SS but he may not have yet 
made the leap of faith required to put this long smoldering hatred 
and distrust aside just yet. This would fit in to the way he looks 
at SS at the end of GOF.

       Linda-hoping this post makes sense as she was rambling a bit