Sirius Luring Snape

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 106687

HunterGreen previously:
>Except that Sirius *still* doesn't feel remorseful for his actions.
>In PoA he sneers about it, commenting that it 'served Snape right'.
>Now I don't think that he actually wanted to *kill* Snape, I just
>think that he doesn't get how serious what he did was.

Lissa replied:
>>> 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 wrote:
>> 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. <<

HunterGreen:
Hmm, maybe I should clarify. By all rights it appears Sirius leared 
*nothing* from the prank incident. But I do think he has grown up at 
least a tiny little bit since the pensieve incident. Yes, in all the 
scenes with Snape he acts like a teenager, but for the most part 
Snape doesn't act too mature either, and we do know that Snape has 
changed since he was fifteen. When Harry *asks* about the incident in 
the pensieve, Sirius says very clearly that he's not proud of it (of 
course, that makes me wonder why he called Snape 'Snivellus' earlier 
in the book, but oh well). He's rather derisive of both him and 
James' actions when they were fifteen. 
I don't think he grew up as *much* as James, but its possible that he 
matured a little bit. In GoF when he's not being imprisoned he acts 
much more like an adult. Perhaps Sirius is the type of person that 
was still on the road to maturity in his early 20's. Many people 
don't really start acting like adults until they're in their late 
20's or early 30's. I wonder if he was acting more in character in 
GoF or more in character in PoA and OotP. I'd like to say GoF, but 
we'll never know.