seeds of betrayal

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 149648

Zgirnius:
<HUGE SNIP>
Post HBP, though, the scene just 
> looked very different. I do not think it is a coincidence that the 
> Prank is brought up several times in the Shack, but never by 
Snape. I 
> think it was done by design, and quite cleverly, to get the 
readers 
> thinking about it. It is not very noticeable that it wasn't Snape 
> going on about the Prank at all, since he was being so extremely 
> nasty for no other apparent reason that would have occured to us 
at 
> that time.

Alla:

Erm... yes, Snape DOES go on about Prank at the very least in the 
Hospital wing, that is of course unless we will learn about another 
attempt on Snape's life made by Sirius. ( I don't believe that 
Sirius attempted to kill Snape at all of course, but we are talking 
about Snape POV here, right?)

"Sirius Black showed that he was capable of murder at the age of 
sixteen," he breathed. "You haven't forgotten that. Headmaster? You 
haven't forgotten that he once tried to kill me?" - PoA, p.391.

If this is not the sign of seething resentment, I don't know what is.

Zgirnius: 
> If this is the case, then Snape might in the long run harbor no 
> resentment of Dumbledore for his interference that night. Once he 
> learned Sirius was not the Potter's Secret Keeper (and no, none of 
> the discussions of the Secret Keeper switch that night occurred 
while 
> Snape was present AND conscious), he quite possibly would not want 
> Sirius dead. We might even imagine that Snape would appreciate not 
> having a Kiss for Sirius on his conscience. (As he deeply regrets 
his 
> involvement in James's death, perhaps
)

Alla:

I am willing to assume that this was ONE of the reasons Snape could 
have been angry at Sirius, but IMO he expresses his resentment over 
Prank very clearly in the quote I brought up.