Headmaster for a day (was Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Princ

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 184940

 
In a message dated 11/18/2008 4:25:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:

jkoney
I definitely agree with your summary of the  discussion.

"Deserved it"
It depends on the point of view taken.  Most people wouldn't think that 
Snape "deserved it" for trying to get the  boys in trouble.

Sirius on the other would believe it. If we think  about the character, 
he isn't the golden boy poster of a Gryffendor. He  may be brave and 
courageous but he was raised in a slytherin household.  Some of those 
views would have stuck with him. 

Getting back at  someone doing something to you, wouldn't be met with an 
even return.  Sirius would want to up the ante. 

So in his mind Snape deserved it  because he was trying to get them in 
trouble.


Julie:
I agree the real difference is point of view. E.g. Snape  views the Prank 
from what *might*
have happened--"Your mangy dogfather tried to murder me!", while  Sirius 
views the Prank
from what *did* happen--"Snivellus deserved it; I'm glad he wet his  
pants-twice!" 
 
And they are both right. Maybe Snape did deserve to get a scare for his  
continual
nosiness, but he didn't deserve to get a scare that might have become his  
mutilation
or death if James hadn't intervened. That's why I don't think Snape has  ever 
lied about
Sirius's motivations, because it is what Snape honestly BELIEVES--that  
Sirius tried
to kill him, since it might well have turned out that way. Equally I think  
when Sirius
claims Snape deserved it, he means Snape deserved what he actually got, not  
that
Sirius thinks Snape deserved to die in the Prank. Both are affected by some  
serious
prejudice when it comes to anything involving the other. Or maybe  in 
general, as
both look at Harry from equally biased perspectives, always seeing or  
expecting to
see James, whether it is heroic, fun-loving James, or arrogant,  
rule-breaking James. 
 
One thing is sure; the Prank colored Snape and the Mauraders feelings for  
each other
forevermore. 
 
Julie, who still has difficulty picturing the events in Snape's Worst  Memory 
occurring
after the Prank rather than before, as it just seemed so much more logical  
the other
way.
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