[HPforGrownups] Lily's friend - Snape's grudge

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 15148

zora_djevojka at yahoo.com wrote:

> Not really an answer to Catlady's question, but why didn't teenage
> Snape push to get Sirius expelled. He could have, he certainly
> believed that Sirius attempted to kill him through that "prank".

How do we know that he didn't? Sirius himself makes the comment
someplace that Snape was always following them around, trying to get
them expelled. I'm betting that Snape *did* try to get Sirius expelled,
on this and probably other occasions, but that Sirius had managed to let
the info about the tunnel "slip" or be overheard or something other
than, "Hey, Sev, ol' buddy ol' pal, here's where we go." Only the latter
would indicate intent, and only clear intent would be enough to expel (I
think).

Kind of adds a dimension to Snape's "whoops" slip of the tongue about
Lupin being a werewolf. Doing the same to Lupin as Lupin's friend did to
him. ["Oh, terribly sorry, did I *say* that? My mistake...." but damage
done.]

--Amanda


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