Sirius vs. Snape

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 99442

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at n...> 
wrote:
> I haven't read all of the posts in this thread because there are 
just so
> darn many of them - but I'm confused by the amount of venom being 
thrown at
> Severus by Sirius lovers and vice versa.


Marianne:

Oh, well, a bit of vitriol never hurt anyone ;-).  These Snape/Sirius 
explosions have cropped up at least once a year for the 3 years I've 
been on this list. Usually someone mentions the Prank, and maybe not 
in a particularly antagonistic way towards either of our S-men, and 
people start responding and somehow the train just leaves the tracks.

Kathryn:
> Surely I'm not the only person here who is capable of considering 
them
> *both* as being far from 'perfect' (but no-one's perfect and they 
both seem
> to have a heap load of good reasons for why they act the way they 
do,
> without trying to excuse the way they act because they're both 
capable of
> being quite spiteful and *incredibly* childish at times) and 
*still* adores
> them both absolutely (to the point where I refuse to get too deeply 
involved
> in this thread because it's doing dangerous things to my blood 
pressure and
> my ability to be polite to people).

Marianne:

It helps if you learn to identify people whose posts you know will 
simply send you over the edge and simply avoid reading them.  I don't 
mean to sound elitist or anything, but I know that there are some 
people who have expressed their opinions about specific characters 
VERY strongly, and it's almost impossible to have a dialog with them 
because their views are so strongly held. Nothing you can say will 
even elicit a "I understand what you're saying, but I disagree."  
It's more the "How can ANYONE believe that [fill in your least 
favorite character] is anything but a [fill in your favorite negative 
adjective.]"

It's always interested me that the two characters who spark the most 
heated discussions and who are always pitted against each other to 
this level are Sirius and Snape.  Not Harry and Draco. Not Harry and 
Snape. Not Snape and James. Not Voldemort and anyone. These two.  I'm 
not counting SHIPS because that's another kettle of fish...
 
Marianne