[HPforGrownups] Re: Are there no depths to which Siriophiles wont sink?/Remus is the worst

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Okay, I finally made it through all these posts!

1. Sirius and Severus are both completely immature.  Both of them are stuck in the identity they were in school.  Sirius was in Azkaban for 12 years, so what?  He was out of school, fighting the dark wizards before that.  Severus was picked on, so what?  There are kids who were picked on in school who don't become what they hated the most.  Who people defend (IMHO) is based on who they identify with more.  I was (am, actually) the kid who got picked on by the cool kids, and everyone else just stood by and watched.  I see myself in Severus.  There's no way I can identify with the popular and handsome Sirius.  The Sirius who has a group of close friends.  I didn't even have very close friends until 8th grade.  These debates get ugly because people identify so much with a character that they feel an attack on the character is an attack on themselves.  I know when someone attacks Severus, I don't even think before I start typing a reply (most of which I manage to stop myself from sending *grin*).

2. I have to agree with Pippin on this.  Remus is the worst of the lot.  There is nothing worse than standing by and doing nothing when you know something is wrong.  I know there's a line in Farenheit 451 about this, but I can't remember it.  By standing by and letting things happen, a person is just as guilty as those who act.  It wasn't just once that Remus stood by, it was time after time.

3. Lily leaving wasn't a good thing either.  That was the easy choice.  Just because someone doesn't want your help doesn't mean they don't need it.  Did Harry *want* Severus to use the countercurse to save him?  Did Severus *want* James to save him from Werewolf!Remus, thus making a life debt?  Sometimes you have to help people -- even when they don't want it.

If the Siriophiles defend Sirius, the Snapefans accuse them of making excuses.  If the Snapefans defend Severus, the Siriophiles accuse them of making excuses.  To me, it all goes back to #1.  I won't talk about not making this personal, because I am guily of doing it myself when it comes to Severus.

Oryomai