Sirius vs. Snape

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Kneasy wrote:
I'd made a resolution not to get involved in another Snape/Sirius
thread before the next blue moon, but of course I can resist 
everything
except temptation.

I first posted last year that DD and Snape were the best double act in
the WW. DD knows what Snape's doing, knows how he treats the kids
and is fully aware of his antipathy towards James, Sirius and to a 
lesser extent Lupin.

Another little chore that DD has dumped on Snape's plate is to "keep 
an
eye on young Potter. Make sure nothing disasterous happens to him."
The number of times in the books when Harry is up to something and
Snape just happens to be wandering about in the vicinity beggars 
belief. Harry has a watch-dog cum guardian at Hogwarts and his name 
is Snape. It's a chore; it's frustrating; it's boring. But Snape does 
it. 

Neri (also yielding to the temptation):
We don't have direct canon that DD gave Snape this mission. But we do 
have canon that DD gave Snape an extremely critical mission: teach 
Harry occlumency. And at this moment of truth, Snape let his emotions 
get the better of him. He stopped giving Harry lessons because Harry 
peeped and saw his 20 yrs old underwear. Snape knew exactly what was 
at stake here. Sirius knew it also. He said to Harry in Umbridge's 
fireplace (paraphrasing from memory) "listen to me Harry, the most 
important thing in the world right now is for you to learn 
occlumency". Sirius hated the fact that Snape was the one to teach 
Harry occlumency, but unlike Snape, Sirius usually doesn't let his 
emotions get the better of him. Not in the really critical moments. 
Not since he was 16.  

Kneasy wrote:
Yes, Sirius obviously cares for Harry very deeply. He just has a funny
way of showing it sometimes.

Neri:
Yeah, I know. Like rushing to save Harry's life (and the life of five 
other kids) in the DoM against a superior force of DEs. You won't 
catch "watch-dog" Snape doing such a funny thing.

Neri