[HPforGrownups] Re: Severus's memories and schoolyard curses (Was: Huge overreactions .. . .)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 150389

> Carol wrote:
and 
> his dismissal of Remus's lycanthropy as "your furry little problem" do 
> not connote compassion in my view.


Sherry now:

I just wanted to reply to this bit.  If you heard some of my friends
interact with me, you might not think they are very compassionate either.
They can make cracks about my blindness in ways that would never be
tolerated from a stranger or even an acquaintance.  Friends of mine can get
away with saying things like, what's the matter with you, are you blind or
something?  And even worse things, if it came from people I don't' know and
trust completely to accept me for me.  The fact that James and Sirius joke
with Remus about being a werewolf, even to the point that they do call it a
furry little problem, seems to me a mark of their friendship.  They show
they truly accept him, just as he is by being able to joke about it.  Things
like that show me the strength of the bond between those marauders, not an
arrogant or inconsiderate James or Sirius.

Sherry