As I said, Sirius reminds me deeply of my irresponsible, occasionally cruel, thoughtless, but a lot of fun to be around brother. If he weren't eleven years older than I am and my brother, we'd likely hate each other viciously. As it was, I adored him, protected him from his bad judgment, and laughed at his jokes. I still adore him, but now I usually let him fall on his face. So, Sirius pushes my "brother button" and I want to smile indulgently at him and lecture him.
I'm an odd duck. I read book one and Snape's speech and went "This guy's awesome!" and broke with Harry's POV over that. The way to my heart is big words, by the way.
Ah, but Snape mentions the potion offhand as a reason to be in Lupin's office. and Lupin's mental energy was focused on being reunited with his innocent friend and keeping them both from getting kissed. He was an idiot, and his idiocy nearly got someone killed, but it was done without the malice required with criminal negligence. I would have reported Lupin to Dumbledore and railed that I had told him he hadn't taken his potion, I would have raised a stink with the other professors, and I would have reminded him very pointedly that he almost got them all killed with his stupidity, but I wouldn't have revealed what was obviously a closely guarded secret. Snape was cruel, also because he gloated and snarled at Sirius and Harry, and because he chose to make Lupin the object of gossip and, from the Slytherins, mockery for his condition. Snape, while often well meaning and not a bad man, tends to be overly prone to acting on his spiteful impulses.
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Date: 2008-09-05 03:27 am (UTC)I'm an odd duck. I read book one and Snape's speech and went "This guy's awesome!" and broke with Harry's POV over that. The way to my heart is big words, by the way.
Ah, but Snape mentions the potion offhand as a reason to be in Lupin's office. and Lupin's mental energy was focused on being reunited with his innocent friend and keeping them both from getting kissed. He was an idiot, and his idiocy nearly got someone killed, but it was done without the malice required with criminal negligence. I would have reported Lupin to Dumbledore and railed that I had told him he hadn't taken his potion, I would have raised a stink with the other professors, and I would have reminded him very pointedly that he almost got them all killed with his stupidity, but I wouldn't have revealed what was obviously a closely guarded secret. Snape was cruel, also because he gloated and snarled at Sirius and Harry, and because he chose to make Lupin the object of gossip and, from the Slytherins, mockery for his condition. Snape, while often well meaning and not a bad man, tends to be overly prone to acting on his spiteful impulses.