Sirius Luring Snape

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 106661

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lissa Hess <drliss at c...> wrote:
> Dead on.  I just want to believe Sirius grew up some.  ::sigh::  
Like a lot 
> of people, his and James' attitude in the pensieve was totally 
repellent to 
> me... probably because I have a fair guess at how Snape feels!

Demetra:
This is what bothers me most about Sirius, the fact that he 
apparently never matured beyond an impulsive teenager.  By all 
accounts James did, why not Sirius?  I mean *before* Azkaban, he was 
at least 21-22 by then.  I think the saddest aspect of Sirius' life 
is that he died before he grew up.

Lissa: 
> I still think he might have learned a bit from that, not 
necessarily in 
> regards to Snape but in regards to Lupin.  But again, that's total 
wishful 
> thinking.  (Might be true- he does seem more sensitive to Lupin in 
OotP 
> than he did in the pensieve, but that might just be general 
maturity and 
> his friends whacking him upside the head enough times instead of a 
climatic 
> turning point.)

Demetra:  
I'm not too sure about this either, or was he simply clinging to 
Lupin (like he does with Harry, who looks like James) as the last 
reminder of the good old days.  Certainly Lupin seems to be trying to 
help Sirius, but that seems to be Lupin's general nature.  
An unimportant side note, but I wondered why the heck Sirius never 
bought Lupin a new set of dang robes?  Sirius obviously has the 
money.  I suppose it could be a pride thing with Lupin (like Ron), 
but Harry managed to procure a new set of dress robes for his 
friend.  Why couldnt Sirius?  

Demetra