"I'm not proud of it"

[Anastasia]

No: HPFGUIDX 106779

> Slyvia wrote:
> >> "I'm not proud of it" simply isn'tsufficient excuse. I am not 
> convinced that Sirius really thought that he and James were 
arrogant 
> little berks. As HunterGreen points out, he is still calling Snape 
by 
> the silly nickname Snivellus. <<

Anastasia:
"I'm not proud of it" isn't any excuse at all. It's a statement to 
indicate that Sirius' emotions about his past behaviour have 
changed. The fact that Sirius calls himself and James "idiots" 
several times shows how his attitude has changed.
As to calling Snape "Snivellus" - why, it's certainly not very nice. 
But if you recall the conversations Sirius and Snape have during 
OotP, you might notive that both of them behave really immature. As 
HunterGreen pointed out, they have a bad influence on each other. Or 
do you think that it's clever to call Sirius a coward for staying at 
home although Snape knows that Sirius hates this situation? IMO, 
he's saying it just beacause he knows how Sirius feels about it.
 

>> HunterGreen:
Sirius has such a warped view of James, that it doesn't occur to him 
how different Harry is in many ways. When Snape compares James to 
Harry, Sirius just doesn't see how that could be negative. 
 Its interesting that during the floo-powder scene (just after 
the pensieve scene), that Lupin and Sirius start talking about James 
in affectionate terms when Harry is clearly very upset. 


Anastasia: 
If Ginny was compared to Mrs Weasley, I would think more about her 
caring for others than her habitude of shouting if there's anything 
wrong. 
When you love somebody you see his best sides, not his worst.
Especially if this person has died several years ago. Therefore, it 
is only natural that Sirius and Lupin talk affectionately about 
James, most of us would wonder if they didn't. They were like 
brothers! 
Additionally, we don't know how much James has changed after that 
Pensieve scene. After all, it was enough to become Head Boy. Could 
you imagine Lily dating James if he hadn't changed?



> >> Rebeka:
> I'm looking forward for Book VI and VII, and find out
> that Lily is not 'perfect' either (I have to say, I
> hate her as a character).
 
Anastasia:
Well, it's someway strange to hate somebody you haven't heard 
anything about except that she 1) gave her life to protect Harry and 
2) was the only one who tried to stop James and Sirius from hexing 
Snape all the time. 

Anastasia