Snape vs Sirius

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 127242


Bonnie:

> 
> I just can't see Snape following if he suspected or knew Lupin 
> was a werewolf.  Sirius (himself) either underestimated the danger 
> or being familiar with the situation figured Snape would somehow 
> escape.  After all, if Snape gets bit he won't be any worse off 
> than Lupin (who is one of Sirius' best friends).  I can see Sirius, 
> not being a werewolf himself so not knowing what it's actually like,
> not taking the whole illness as seriously as he should.  To him and 
> James the full moon was a time for new adventures.  Lupin was just 
> grateful to have friends to help him get through the nightmare.  
> 
> My experienc of lads this age (pardon me if there are some out 
> there) is that they sort of think they are immortal.

Finwitch:

Statistics state that adolescence is the age when most suicides
happen. Most of them, to my knowledge, male. I believe Snape may have
been attempting to commit suicide. OR maybe he thought of taking a
photo of Lupin's transformation -- or whatever. Silly stunt on his part.

But something akin:

Since Lupin tells us that his friends being there helped him - I think
that werewolves do feel the instinct of a pack, particularly during
full Moon.

Dogs we know to be pack-animals. while bond of pack is not as strong
for stags or rats, both DO move in herds...

So in short, the four formed a pack. The bond was strongest to Lupin
and Sirius.

James was their alpha- the leader, and Sirius the second. Lupin was
third and Peter the last. This pack-bond is why Lupin never stood up
to Sirius&James - despite Dumbledore trying to give him authority over
them. The same works with Ron who just won't go against Fred&George.
The twins have elder-brother rule over him - something which is a part
of Ron's identity... that of being a Weasley... Particularly important
after Percy left.

Well, someone said how Sirius came out *empty* - well, I think James'
death did that. Lupin and Sirius - well, they BOTH had the same idea:
kill the rat who betrayed the pack, and yet, curiously, BOTH concent
to let Harry decide. Because James HAD proven Harry's words - that he
didn't want his friends to become murderers by saving Snape while
putting himself at the risk? Possibly James even said those same words
to them - and Harry looking so much like him -- well, it probably
seemed to those two as if James himself had spoken...

That night, they were a pack again. But I think it's possible their
order of dominance has changed. After all, Lupin was giving Sirius
orders in the Shack AND in the 12 GP (when Sirius got angry about
Molly questioning his authority over Harry) and Sirius does not
question that at all. He just obeys. And as much as Sirius objected to
Snape teaching Harry occlumency when Lupin was for it, even he's
telling Harry to learn it. Interesting change of heart - was it just
because of Lupin?

Finwitch