seeds of betrayal

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 149663

> Zgirnius:
> Oh yes, the hospital wing. My post was already sooo long, but now 
> that you mention it:
> 
> What does Snape believe is Sirius's entire defense, by the time he 
> gets to the hospital wing? Based on the various snippets he has 
> heard, I think he grasps that Peter Pettigrew may be alive. But I 
> think that is the entirety of it, as far as Snape has figured out. 
In 
> other words, Snape thinks Sirius is just trying to say he didn't 
> murder Peter. Hence the comment he makes-it goes to Sirius's 
supposed 
> defense. ('Does it really matter he didn't kill some particular 
> person? We know he's *capable* of it...') 


Alla:

Okay, sorry but you lost me here a little bit. Wasn't the main point 
of your previous post( sorry if I misunderstood) that Prank in the 
Shack was brought up as red herring and Snape really would not be 
upset at Sirius, unless he thought that Sirius is the main reason of 
Potters deaths, thus Snape covers up his own guilt?

And the reason you thought so ( the way I understood you at least) 
is because Snape never brings up prank himself in the shack only 
reacting to others?

I mean, for me it is unnecessary, it is clear to me from the way HOW 
Snape reacts to Lupin bringing it up  that he is very angry, but I 
gave you the quote where Snape himself brings up Prank and really 
really upset about it. And he does not say that Sirius tried to kill 
just SOME person, he says ME with the italics, so JKR really 
stresses it out IMO that Snape cannot forget it.

And you are saying that Snape does not really bring up the Prank? he 
just thinks that Sirius tries to justify himself? I am confused, 
sorry.

But we probably won't agree on this one, because obviously  the way 
Sherry interpretes Shack is very inconsistent with DD!M Snape(or at 
least many varieties of it) :)

JMO,

Alla