Are there no depths to which Siriophiles wont sink?

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 99305


Meri <meriaugust at y...> wrote:
> >> Sirius was able to admit that he was wrong to do those 
> things, while I have always seen  Snape paint himself as a 
> martyr. He has sainted himself, and in five  books I have never 
> seen him once admit responsibility for something he did 
> wrong.<<

Pippin wrote:
> 
> What about when he showed his Dark Mark to Fudge? All this 
> ambiguity about whether Snape or Sirius is worse is very clever 
> work on JKR's part, since it distracts us from Lupin who was 
> worse than either of them. There is no question that he thought 
> what he was doing was wrong and he continued to do it.


EXCELLENT POINT PIPPIN!!  I myself almost forgot how much I sometimes 
loathe this quality in Remus (I'd loathe Remus, but JKR has made that 
nearly impossible!), b/c I got caught up in the Snape/Sirius 
comparison.

You are absolutely right.  Lupin's flaw is really the most 
reprehensible of all, isn't it?  At least Sirius and Snape will pick 
a side - although they may make mistakes about it - and fight for 
it.  Remus fully understood it there was no justification for doing 
terrible things to Snape.  He allowed it because he was too weak and 
afraid to stop it.

The question is often asked for civil rights atrocities - who is 
worse, the person with the hate or the person without it who allows 
the hate-fueled violence to take place?  A very good question, I 
think.  Remus doesn't get a pass with me, because he's a nice guy.  I 
think people should be much more critical of his weaknesses.

That said, do you think JKR will do something significant with it in 
future books?

Ally