Sirius revisited

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 103930

 
> > Alla:
> >> > We don't know whether Sirius was punished or not. We only 
know that he was not expelled. 
snip
 
> Kneasy:
> This topic was discussed at length last year, if you remember. I 
haven't
> had time to go back to it, but the general consensus, backed by DD 
> having told Snape never to mention the incident again, leans 
towards no
> punishment being handed out. There may be more definite evidence;
> I'll have to do a search.
> 
Potioncat:(eyes staring blankly)
Bring on the cannon...ern canon. I wasn't around a year ago.  But as 
far as the books themselves go, I don't know that anything is said 
about punishmennt.  Snape doesn't say "he tried to kill me and you 
never even punished him." Any idea of what might have happened, 
would have to stay "might have."

And it might have been that either DD considered it to have been a 
not so well thought out prank and gave little or no punishment.  Or 
he considered it to have been a very dangerous trick that was due 
punishment regardless of whether harm was intended.  Obviously he 
couldn't make it a public punishment because he wouldn't want 
Lupin's state to go public.  So whatever did happen, had to have a 
cover story.

But my point is, we don't know what Black really thinks about 
it...or even Lupin for that matter.  We do know that Snape thinks 
murder was the intent.  DD doesn't seem to agree, but doesn't seem 
to find Snape at fault for thinking it.  DD trusts both men, 
whatever he thought about the boys they were.

Potioncat who wonders, did I just defend Black and Snape in the same 
post?