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

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 "festuco" <vuurdame at x> wrote:
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 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

KarentheUnicorn's Reply:

Yes, I have also been thinking along the same lines. I am reminded of 
a comment that was made by I believe Lupin, or it might have been 
Sirius, but it was said Snape was jealous of James because of his 
skill on the Quidditch field.
I would like to consider that in playing Quidditch one does not always 
think far ahead, one needs to have split second thinking, or for a 
lack of a better though, be able to not think and just act quickly. 
Also, to fight against the Dark Arts, one has to be--for lack of a 
better words--quick on your feet.

Now, I have no doubt that Snape can be quick, swift, curt, 
exactly...whatever word you like to use when you describe his thinking 
and quick snarky comebacks to adults and students. But I also think 
that he may be a person that plans out things to a T. He could be 
someone who considers things with a serious mind and delves deeply 
into things, so he might not be quick to act on certain things, but 
consider ways to work things to his advantage.

So, he is obviously someone who is obsessed about thing that happen to 
him in his youth, this makes me think he is a person that goes over 
events again and again to try and rework them or find mistakes. Lots 
of times when we are imbarrised or hurt, we try to re play the event 
in our mind to see what we could have done differently, to change the 
outcome in our favor. So, it may be that Snape believe's in his own 
mind Sirius tried to kill him, but, it might also be a case for Snape 
being angry at himself, for being fooled by Sirius and shamed by the 
events that happened.

I have a cousin who insists on taking things apart, just to see how 
they work, like buying a new playstation and taking it apart, just too 
see how its put together.
I fathom Snape as being someone who has to know everything about 
everything, but don't expect him to give you anything of himself, 
because, he considers knowledge about a person or a thing power, and 
the last thing he wants is people to have power over him.

I also believe that perhaps this is a case for how he acts with 
students. I'm thinking he is the kind of person that will snark at you 
just to see you loose your temper, he is forcing you by words, and 
seeing how far he can push you, because this gives him power over you 
when you break down and get sucked into his game.
Generally not always a good thing depending on the person....and I am 
not trying to give Snape any slack on how he treats Harry and Neville 
or any other child, just a general though on how the Snarky Snape mind 
might work.

Sirius on the other hand is one who just wants to have fun, the reble 
without a cause (laughs) He knows all the lines of pureblood glory, he 
has lived in it since he was born. He is obviously sick of all the 
highbrowed royal pureblood attitude. He's a teenager he wants to have 
fun, and be normal. So, here we have someone named Sirius who takes 
nothing serious, and we have Severus who takes things too 
seriously....If I didn't know better, I'd almost say their 
family...perhaps cousins??? I don't know why I keep thinking that 
somehow they are cousins. I just keep getting the feeling that James, 
Sirius and Severus may have known each other before school, or at 
least two out of the three...meh...anyway.

KarentheUnicorn