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

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No: HPFGUIDX 129969

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "unicorn_72" <Unicorn_72 at y...>
wrote:

> Sirius might say..."DOH." (ok..LOL probably not that) But I was 
> kinda thinking along the lines that, Sirius probably didn't put that 
> much though into what happened or what he was saying to Snape. He 
> might have just been mad that Snape followed him.
> 
> Anyway, I hope this idea isan't something someone has already had, 
> it just seems like it might be close to what might have happened, 
> what do you guys think?

It seems an extremely likely scenario to me. I also think that Sirius,
because nothing really bad happened, thinks that Snape should get over
it. Sirius does not seem to have much imagination for what might have
been, or might happen. See also his disappointment in OoP when Harry
does not want to take risks Sirius thinks are fun... Snape on the
other hand, quite possibly has a vivid imagination, he realizes he
truly could have died, or become even more an outcast than he already
was. 

So we have on the one hand Sirius, who thinks it is high time that
Snape stops whining, and cannot really see how wrong his actions were
(I think deep down he knows but he would rather bite his tongue than
give Snape this kind of satisfaction). And on the other hand Snape,
who almost died and gets stuck in 'he wanted to murder me.' I also
think Snape is convinced of this, because if he himself would have
done such an action, he would have had a very clear intent of what he
wanted the outcome to be. Snape is a very serious kind of person,
whereas Sirius is much more happy-go-lucky, they are exactly opposite
each other. I don't think they truly understand how the mindset of the
other works, and I think that is one of the causes they have so many
problems with each other. 

Gerry