Prank and various responsibilities WAS: Re: Marietta

[colebiancardi]

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> colebiancardi
> I don't believe that Sirius forgot how dangerous a werewolf could be
- he
> didn't in PoA.
> 
> 
> Sherry now:
> It's a proven fact that children, even and especially teenagers, do not
> really have a developed sense of danger or the judgment to determine
such
> things.  As I've said in the past, that's why there are laws about
the types
> of jobs teenagers can do or the equipment they can work with, even some
> states here in the US making driving laws tougher or upping the age
at which
> a minor can get a license, drinking age laws and all the rest.  I
don't say
> this to excuse Sirius exactly.  We don't really know what happened that
> night, and though I am a Sirius fan and not a Snape fan, I will reserve
> judgment either way.  However, I can easily imagine that the
repeated safety
> of running with a werewolf kept all the boys from really
understanding how
> dangerous it would be for someone else.  

<snipping the rest>

colebiancardi:  

hmmmm.  I thought that that James, Sirius and Peter didn't run around
with WereWolf!Lupin until they learned to become Animagi which was in
their fifth year, as Lupin confirmed in PoA.  And I don't think the
boys were friends until 2 or 3rd year, as Lupin stated that once they
discovered he was a werewolf, it took them three years to figure out
how to be Animagi.  As the prank took place in the 6th year(I think),
they hadn't been running around with WereWolf!Lupin that long.  Sure,
teens do stupid things and think they are immortal, but really -
forgetting that what damage a werewolf can do?  That is like me daring
a someone to go into an arena with a very hungry lion.  I think I know
what that lion is going to do to that person and it isn't going to be
pretty.

going back to Sirius and how he would have felt about Snape's demise,
I have to point out in PoA this passage:

Lupin speaking:
"...you see, Sirius here played a trick on him{Snape} which nearly
killed him, a trick which involved me --
Black made a derisive noise.
"It served him right," he sneered.  "Sneaking around, trying to find
out what we were up to ...hoping he could get us expelled ..."

Am Ed Hardcover.  p 336

Sounds to me that "It served him right" comment right at the heels of
Lupin's remark on how Snape nearly got killed is proof (to me) that
Sirius wouldn't have cared if Snape got killed.  Because "it served
him right" because Snape was sneaking around in their business.  

Well, Harry sneaks around Draco's business and vice versa, but I would
never state that either Harry or Draco should die because they are
both sneaks.

I think there is something more, something deeply personal, something
like a younger brother(Regulus!) who was very good friends (IMHO) with
Snape that causes Sirius to loathe Snape so much.  Sure, Sirius calls
his brother dim, but other than that, Sirius doesn't speak that ill of
his late brother.  

colebiancardi