[HPforGrownups] Re: Are there no depths to which Siriophiles wont sink?/R...

[Batchevra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 99338

In a message dated 5/24/04 10:30:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
SnapesSlytherin at aol.com writes:
>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*).<

I was picked on in school by someone who then, years later, became one of my 
family through marriage. Had children, but I don't take my anger for that 
person out on the children, in fact, I will probably take them and treat them to 
the HP movie coming out. Snape is so immature that he can't see past his own 
anger. He takes it out on everyone except the Slytherins, his own house. So, 
before you think I don't like Snape, I enjoy reading his scenes and what his 
character is. I happen to think that Snape is on Dumbledore's side and will work 
against Voldemort, but he needs to grow up, and see Harry for who he is not who 
his father was. 

>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.<


Why is it that everyone forgets that Remus had gone through years of being 
shunned by both children and adults because he is a werewolf. For the first time 
in his life, he has friends who when they found out what he became monthly, 
they didn't shun him, they were still friends and they learned a skill to keep 
him company. No matter that it was illegal and they could have chosen the easy 
way and said, well you'll stay alone we can't help you. Instead two pureblood 
wizard children, said ok we will keep you company as animals. When the 
Pensieve scene takes place, they have only been out eight times at most together, 
not long and he felt he was on shaky ground. Remus understands now that he made 
a big mistake, but then he was also fifteen. 

Batchevra


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]