Yes, that's how I see it too. I don't think Sirius had murder on his mind at all, but I would HATE to have been Snape in that situation. I imagine he wound up feeling like Dumbledore was almost in on the joke too--I mean, feeling like the Gryffindors were just one big happy family and one of the boys had done something rather naughty but there there, wasn't James fantastic and let's all have cocoa. And meanwhile here's Snape who probably got scolded for trying to get the Gryffs in trouble (Dumbledore does tend to have quite the double standard on sneaking and initiative that way) and joshed about not taking everything so seriously and let's praise James some more. There are so many things for him to feel bitter about.
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Date: 2004-11-18 10:17 am (UTC)