escape of Wormtail/ Was Photos, new members, Sirius/Lupin. Scar

[koinonia02 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21367

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., purplefanta at y... wrote:

> Warning:: This message appears to be a rant.  But i am not really 
all 
> that emotional... just discouraged
> 
> This is where I disagree.  IMHO, Snape's inability to listen to 
> reason caused himself to have to be "eliminated" by way of being 
> knocked out.  True, he did not directly cause Wormtail to escape, 
but 
> I hold him responsible for his escape.  Having another experienced 
> wizard on hand on that walk back to the castle would have IMHO 
saved 
> the day.  Then there is the fact that Snape knew Lupin hadn't taken 
> hs potion that night.  Having Snape alert and part of the "team" 
> would have been a great help.  However, because he refused to 
listen 
> to Black's side of the story, he was actually working against 
them.  
> There was only two sides that night... the good and the bad.  Snape 
> made the wrong choice.


Sorry I couldn't respond to this sooner.  I'm not ranting either but 
I must greatly disagree with the above.  Snape was not the one 
responsible for the escape of Wormtail.  Harry, Hermione, Ron, Lupin 
and Sirius are far more responsible than Snape.

Why should Snape have listened to anything Lupin and Black had to 
say?  

> 
> As for my request to please stop yelling at us newbies to check the 
> archives...?
> 
> Sounds to me like I better start reading unless I want to get my 
head 
> bit off... number 826 here I come...


Ah.....let me help you out here.  Message 15233 by Amanda on this 
board should help you to understand the SS scene a bit better.  Also, 
Message 751 by Windgedkeys on the Snapefans board has a part about 
the SS that is very good.

I always seem to feel the need to defend Snape :-D 

Koinonia