Sirius's contempt for him dates back before the betrayal -- he recalls thinking that no one would ever dream they'd use a "weak, talentless thing" like him for their Secret-Keeper (271). What we see of them in OotP seems to confirm this.
But also remember that Sirius has a very high, honor-bound view of himself. He may have seen Peter as weak and a nothing, but I do think that Sirius may have thought himself capable of defending Peter.
If he'd set out to say something that would make Snape hit the roof at this moment, I can't think of many better things. Remus is lucky Snape didn't do him any real damage.
Snape does, and elegantly- exposes his secret, which may have started the chain reaction of barring werewolves from working. When we next see Remus, life has taken a turn for the worse for him.
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Date: 2004-05-23 11:04 pm (UTC)But also remember that Sirius has a very high, honor-bound view of himself. He may have seen Peter as weak and a nothing, but I do think that Sirius may have thought himself capable of defending Peter.
If he'd set out to say something that would make Snape hit the roof at this moment, I can't think of many better things. Remus is lucky Snape didn't do him any real damage.
Snape does, and elegantly- exposes his secret, which may have started the chain reaction of barring werewolves from working. When we next see Remus, life has taken a turn for the worse for him.