Snape, redemption & Regulus WAS: Re: Would Harry forgiving Snape be character

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 164276

> > va32h wondered:
> > 
> > Could Regulus' story involve Snape? They simply had to have 
known 
> > each other. In the same house, a few years apart in age, both 
Death 
> > Eaters, Regulus the brother of one of Snape's biggest 
enemies...did 
> > Regulus' disappearance coincide with Snape's conversion to 
> > Dumbledore's side?
> 
> Finwitch:
> 
> Well, for some reason I believe that - Snape being on the same 
year as
> Sirius, therefore older than Regulus - somehow became Regulus' 
guide
> among the school... AND possibly Snape was the one who introduced
> Regulus to the DE-party. At the very least, Sirius blamed Snape for
> it. What else could have caused him to say: 'he deserved it' - 
about
> the old werewolf-business? I mean, there must have been some 
*Reason*
> for Sirius Black to hate Snape so much. It goes beyond school-boy
> rivalry -- this is personal. Regulus, maybe. I certainly hope the 
7th
> book will shed some light into this.

Magpie:
I don't know whether Snape would have had to have been the one to 
introduce Regulus into the DEs to get Sirius to still think he 
deserved the werewolf Prank. He had his family influencing him as 
well. Sirius says they thought he was a right little hero for 
joining up. As the Half-Blood Snape would more likely be the one 
introduced to the DEs by someone else. 

That's not to say that Sirius couldn't hate Snape for his 
association with Regulus' end--I do think Sirius repressed his 
better feelings for his brother under a lot of anger at others (and 
Regulus too). It's just hard to think of Snape being responsible for 
Regulus being a DE when Regulus comes from the background he does 
and Snape is shown at 15 to be rather singularly uncharismatic. Not 
that I mean he didn't have a lot to offer and that he couldn't have 
impressed Regulus with a lot of the things he could do. It's just 
when I imagine Sirius being angered by Regulus and Snape's 
relationship, whatever it was, I can't imagine him thinking of Snape 
as leading Regulus to the DEs.

-m