[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius & Remus post-Hogwarts (was: Snape and McGonagall)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 119518

--- Renee <R.Vink2 at chello.nl> wrote:

> The Prank could have ended in disaster for Remus, too, and even if 
> Sirius didn't realise this, I'd be surprised if no one pointed it 
> out to him. I'm not saying Remus must have been furious
> (improbable, 
> given his need to be liked) and/or Sirius must have felt terribly 
> guilty, but things can't have been as easy between them as they
> used 
> to be. Maybe an element of inequality crept in - and the balance 
> wasn't in Sirius's favour. Suspecting Remus would even it out, not 
> as a conscious decision on Sirius's part, but as the result of a 
> subconscious wish. Especially if he never properly apologised, and 
> his attitude in the Shrieking Shack makes me doubt he did. 
> Of course, if we hear that James and Lily also suspected Remus,
> this second interpretation becomes invalid. 

I think this is quite likely, Renee.  My personal view is that Remus
felt that the Prank was really something above and beyond the normal
intercourse between them, and I think Sirius did feel personally
guilty which is not a comfortable or welcome emotion, especially when
(outwardly) they'd made things up.  But there are two other changes
that might also explain why the drifting apart wasn't halted:

1.  James' attention was divided between hanging out with the gang
and seeing more of Lily.  So he might have missed little signs that
things were wrong because he was distracted with new developments in
his life,

and

2.  Peter was in there, fomenting dissent between Sirius and Remus. 
And I'll bet he was so subtle about it that they didn't realize it
was happening.  A few comments in the right time and place ("Gee
Sirius, I wonder why Remus wasn't at home last night.  Didn't he say
he would be?  Wonder where he was?" or "Gee, Remus, isn't it great
that Sirius and James are such great guys?  I mean, still friends
even though you're a werewolf and more people know it now cause
you're applying for jobs and they don't care what people think!") and
both Sirius and Remus might start wondering about the other.

Magda



		
__________________________________ 
Do you Yahoo!? 
Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. 
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail