Prank/Sirius' motives/Regulus

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No: HPFGUIDX 99308

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mnaper2001" <mnaperrone at a...> 
wrote:
> Ally:
> 
> Well, I think the idea of Snape recruiting Regulus is a stretch.  
> First, Snape and Sirius were 15, and there's no indication that 
> teenagers are joining the DEs.  Second, the Black family comes from 
a 
> long line of Slytherins of which apparently ONLY Sirius was a 
misfit, 
> not Regulus.  Wouldn't it be more likely that their own cousin, 
> Bellatrix, would have had a hand in recruiting Regulus?  Or that 
the 
> whole family expected it?
> 
> And isn't it written somewhere that the reason Sirius did it is 
> because he was fed up with Snape following them around?  I don't 
> think it got more complex than that.


Well, we obviously differ on this one, but I am ready to chew my 
words at the end of book 7. :o)

It does not say anywhere that that was the reason that Sirius sent 
Snape to shack, as far as I remember. I remember Sirius complaining 
about Snape following them around, but definitely not stating that as 
a reason.

I think that this is another example of JKR's cunning writing style. 



> So, unless JKR comes out and says Snape tried to kill Lupin or 
Sirius 
> a few days before, I have a hard time believing there will ever be 
> anything truly forgivable about Sirius' actions.

So, wait, are you saying that nothing less that Severus considering 
attempted murder is sufficient excuse for Sirius' actions?

Even if it will turn out that Sirius truly did not think that Remus 
will kill him?

Well, it is your prerroggative, of course to held this point of 
view. :o)

Alla