Are there no depths to which Siriophiles wont sink?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 99271

Meri wrote: 
> Yes, Sirius was an idiot. And he admits that. In Order he says that 
> he and James were "arrogant little berks" and that he is not proud 
> of some of the things they used to do at school. And that, IMHO, is 
> the big difference between Snape and Sirius. 
>>snip<<
 But I think we should all bare in mind here that we don't know the 
whole story. A few snippets from slightly biased sources and a dip 
into a  possibly biased Pensieve is no way to judge three characters 
(James, 
> Snape, Sirius) about whom we know so little.
 
> Meri - who wonders if there are no depths to which Snapephiles 
won't  sink to defend that man...


Potioncat, putting on her scuba gear
Sirius and Severus are both flawed. There are lots of reasons to like 
and dislike each of them. 

To me, one difference between them, is that while neither let go of 
the animosity, Snape at least contained his.  I still think that 
Sirius should  have kept his mouth shut in front of Harry when Snape 
told him about occlumency.  Although at that point they both turned 
15 again.

In OoP we learned that James was pretty rotten at times.  Not only to 
Snape.  His friends say he'd hex people in the halls just because he 
could.  Perhaps we'll learn Snape wasn't/isn't so bad. Although, by 
DD's trust we already see that.  And it seems to me, that while DD 
seemed to feel an affection for Sirius, he trusted Snape more.
Potioncat