Sirius and Prank again? Fools Rush in where Wisemen Fear to Go

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 129893

a_svirn wrote:
> Was it a prank or a murder attempt? Depends of
> your idea of fun, I suppose.

Valky replied:
>>A hint of sarcasm there. ;D
You might already know that I am a Marauders defense stalwart, I just
cannot agree that this is a fair pretense.
It is Snape that makes the implication that the prank was purely an
exercise in fun, Sirius doesn't ever actually reinforce this directly,
and mores the point Sirius even implies that he feels it was a rash
and foolish mistake, not fun.<<

Rebecca: (hello Valky!)
I am wondering what makes you think that Sirius thinks it was a rash 
or foolish mistake. He certainly seemed to imply that about what 
Harry saw in the pensieve incident, but his reaction to the prank (at 
least in the shrieking shack, when admittably he's not thinking quite 
straight) is that he hasn't changed his mind about it. A bit of PoA 
for you:

' "He has his reasons... you see, Sirius here played a trick on him 
which nearly killed him, a trick which involved me --"
Black made a derisive noise.
"It served him right," he sneered. "Sneaking around, trying to find 
out what we were up to... hoping he could get us expelled...." '
[snip]
' "Sirius thought it would be -- er -- amusing, to tell Snape all he 
had to do was prod the knot on the tree trunk with a long stick, and 
he'd be able to get in after me." '

Sirius' attitude is quite clear. Sadly, he is not apologetic (even in 
front of Lupin) and he doesn't correct Lupin about it being 
an "amusing" thing to do. Even years and years later, he still 
doesn't see how stupid and reckless of a "prank" that was. 

-Rebecca / HunterGreen