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No: HPFGUIDX 21374

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

It's not quite the good and the bad, more like the good and the 
deranged and the bad.  Pettigrew is the bad; Sirius, Lupin, Harry and 
co. is the good; Snape is totally Out of Control in the scene.  The 
beauty of his character is that he is never clear-cut bad or good.  
And why should Snape be the one who has to do all the work all the 
time?  Especially when no one ever thank him for it.

The reason I don't like to play the blame game is because the beauty 
of the ending of PoA rests with the complication and the poignant 
sense of inevitability.  The whole story of the Marauders, the time-
turner, Trelaway's prediction etc. all gave me the feeling that the 
escape of Wormtail and consequently, the return of Voldemort, is 
fate.  You can call me fatalistic.

If you read fanfiction, there is an excellent story by Blaise called 
the Wolfsbane Potion, which looks at PoA from Snape's perspective.  
Don't worry, this is not one of our Snape fans production.  He's 
totally in canon (nasty, vindictive and annoying) and it did invent a 
theory that end up blaming Snape for the entire incident.  I think 
you will love it.  I love it myself, even though it essentially 
framed Snape.  Here's the link:

http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic?action=story-read&storyid=109904







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