seeds of betrayal

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 149693

Alla:
> I just don't understand how is it at all possible to read Prank as 
> red herring for Snape wanting to get Sirius kissed, when IMO Snape 
> looks absolutely pissed in this quote.

zgirnius:
I find Snape's interactions with Sirius in GoF (just the handshake-
end of PoA Snape would NOT have shaken hands, IMO) and OotP rather 
different than in PoA. Perhaps you do not. But in GoF and OotP, the 
real difference from Snape's point of view is that, while Sirius is 
still Sirius of the Marauders, who made his schooldays miserable (or 
whatever), he is not longer Sirius Black, who betrayed the Potters to 
Voldemort. 

> Alla:
> 
> You KNOW that I often see your interpretations as very reasonable, 
> unfortunately I don't see this one at all - I mean I don't see 
where 
> you see the support that Snape would not be pissed if the only 
> reason he had to hate Sirius would be Prank.

zgirnius:
I'm not trying to argue Snape would not be pissed. He would be. The 
question is, would he consider taking Sirius to the Dementors 
himself, if it was just about the Prank? 

I think, though, that we are running into our usual problem. You want 
to SEE Snape be sorry about the Potters, before you believe it. 
(Quite a reasonable position, that). He is therefore a character you 
can see casually killing someone (or worse) over a school prank, 
until you see PROOF to the contrary. 

I no longer see him that way, because I buy Dumbledore's account of 
him.