Snape's the Rescuer - Really?/Justice to Snape

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 170770

 
> Dana: 
<snipping> Oh yes, of course he already knows 
> because he HEARD Lupin tell Harry how James and Sirius were such 
> large animals that they could keep a werewolf in check. But it is not 
> enough for Snape to even consider that Sirius indeed might be 
> innocent because instead he tries to persuade Fudge to hurry up 
> before anyone can change his or DD's mind or can even intervene. 
> 

colebiancardi:

But DOES Snape really know? Did he really HEAR Lupin tell Harry this?
 We don't know for sure.  There is nothing that proves it, one way or
the other.


> Dana: Snape brought everybody up to the castle because for one there
where 
> witnesses that could put him on the scene and therefore he did not 
> have a choice. He could not leave them there and go back to the 
> castle pretending nothing ever happened.

colebiancardi:
Snape does have a choice.  Everybody has choices.  The reasons behind
the choices differ.  Why on earth would he leave 3 students, one with
a broken leg and another almost soul-sucked, out there on the grounds?
 Where has Snape EVER endangered students before?  He has never put a
student's life in danger - ever.  


> Of course he doesn't even 
> want too because he captured Sirius Black. Vengeance is sweet ... 

colebiancardi:

of course.  No one is denying any lost love between Black & Snape. 
And the WHOLE wizarding world believed Sirius to be dangerous - and
Snape knew, as did Dumbledore, that Sirius was the LAST known
secret-keeper for the Potters.  

 omes out or otherwise I will never get a way with it. 
> 
> And let's see oh it does happen. Sirius never get's a chance to live 
> as a free man before he died and Snape did get a way with it at least 
> according to his own claim he did. 

colebiancardi:

and that is Snape's fault?  Hello - Peter Pettigrew, the ONLY proof
they had, escaped - and not on Snape's watch.  Snape was out cold at
that time.  Lupin, who HAD been reminded in front of the Trio & Sirius
by Snape about his missed potion, turned into a werewolf once they got
outside.  How is that Snape's fault?  Why would Snape believe the
Trio?  Even the Trio had issues with it until they saw Scabbers
transform into Peter.  PoA is not Snape's shining moment - he is a tad
one-sided and not open to listening to Lupin - I won't get into
Sirius, as there is no way those two will ever listen to one another.
 And as another member pointed out, in GoF, Snape is taken aback when
the black dog transforms into Sirius in the hospital wing.  

GoF AmEd Hardcover, pg 712
"Snape had not yelled or jumped backward, but the look on his face was
of mingled fury and horror.
"Him!" he snarled, staring at Sirius, whose face showed equal dislike.
 "What is he doing here?"
"He is here at my invitation," said Dumbledore, looking between them,
"as are you, Severus.  I trust you both.  It is time for you to lay
aside your old differences and trust each other."
Harry thought Dumbledore was asking for a near miracle.  Sirius and
Snape were eyeing each other with the utmost loathing.

This passage, to me at least, proves that Snape was not aware that
Sirius was an animagi.  If he had known that Sirius was one, why
didn't he remark on the Sirius's animagi form when the dog came into
the hospital wing in the first place - why wait until AFTER he
transformed?

And this passage goes to show that Sirius & Snape never will or never
had cared for one another.  To say that Snape treated Sirius unfairly
without stating that Sirius treated Snape unfairly is not being honest
about their relationship.  Both of them are gits when it comes to each
other and it seems that all they do is try to score points off of each
other.  To see who will come out on top.  

colebiancardi