Secrets (Long) OLD POST REPOST
Zara
zgirnius at yahoo.com
Sat May 9 02:04:14 UTC 2009
No: HPFGUIDX 186508
> jkoney:
> I'm saying he could have investigated further. I think it's safe to say he was feeling depressed after the Potter's were killed. I would think that he would keep going over the facts as he knows them.
Zara:
The questions you raise have easy answers, which could have occured to Snape.
> jkoney:
> The one thing that would stand out is that Sirius and James were the closest of friends.
Zara:
ANd Severus knew Sirius had betrayed a very important secret of another close friend, Remus Lupin, to an enemy (Snape himself).
> jkoney:
>I would also assume that through the Hogwarts grapevine that he would have heard that Sirius Black left his home and moved in with James and family. In a community as small as the wizarding world (and his feelings for Lily) I would also guess that he knew that he was the best man at the wedding.
>
> Given that Snape is intelligent I would think that he would wonder how Sirius a "reckless Gryffindor" could turn his back on his family.
Zara:
Because as you say yourself, he had done it before.
> jkoney:
> Given his relationship with Dumbledore I would think that he knew that Sirius was put in prison without a trial. Which means that no one tested his wand to see if he cast the curses to kill the muggles and Peter.
Zara:
You do not mention that Snape had excellent reason to believe Sirius was the Secret Keeper, also from his closeness to Albus. There was incontrovertible evidence that the secret was betrayed.
I find it reasonable that no one investigated further. All the most likley principals (ALbus, Severus, Remus) had good reasons not to doubt Sirius's apparent guilt.
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