[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's the Rescuer - Really?/Justice to Snape

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 170733

Alla:

But then you are saying that Snape not being cruel here and I just 
do not see how, you know?

I mean, it just so obvious to me that Snape cannot wait to see 
Sirius kissed, that I do not see how the fact that he is taking care 
of Sirius in term of putting him on stretchers shows anything 
besides Snape's cruelty and hyppocrisy.

And, let me say again - if Snape has no doubts in his mind that 
Sirius is a murderer, traitor, etc, I get his POV, I truly do.

Magpie:
To an extent, yeah, but he's not killing him himself, is the point. Harry's
keeping Sirius and Lupin from killing Peter is Harry showing something more
positive, even though Harry, too, is sending Peter to the Dementors. I
think when you have a character who is allegedly a criminal who's already
guilty (as Snape thinks), bringing him to justice is fine. Though it's not
really Sirius I'd be mostly think of here anyway. Snape's being shown
lifting people onto stretchers and taking people to the Infirmary. I don't
think it matters that one of them he considers a murderer who needs to be
put back in jail for punishment and that he's binding and gagging that one.
(And I think Snape's got other reasons for wanting Sirius gagged than
thinking he's actually innocent.) As long as he's not taking the
opportunity to torture or kill Sirius himself, the scene still reads like
Snape taking care of people (as in taking care of business) in the scene.
And I don't think we have any reason at this point to say that Snape knows
he's innocent. It seems like one of the main things about Snape's arc in
PoA is that he's focused on bringing Sirius the murderer in, and he's not
having any doubts after the Shack. 

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