Excuses, excuses (more Lupin) & a Snape Rant

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 34581

Pippin wrote (about Lupin):

>Personally, I am 
> finding him a much more enjoyable character now that I think of 
> him as a screw-up. 

Whaaaaaaaaaat?  Lupin, a screw-up?  Them's fightin' words! <vbg>

::tearing sound of velcro as the gloves come off::

I would match Lupin's error rate with Snape's any day.  Snape 
mastered the art of screwing things up long ago.  Here are the Top 10 
reasons Snape is a champion, Grade A, first-class, Number One screw-
up:

1.  Snape wants to tip the students that Lupin is a werewolf, but he 
can't get the point across well enough.  He is finally reduced to 
just telling the kids outright:  "Hey guys, did I ever mention that 
Lupin is a werewolf?"  Not very impressive.

2.  He picked the Forces of Evil instead of the Forces of Good by 
becoming a DE in the first place.  

3.  A ten-year old girl solved Snape's potions obstacle in about 1 
minute.

4.  Snape, a fully-qualified wizard, can't figure out the Marauder's 
Map, but Fred and George, underage students, could.

5.  Snape lets Moody intimidate him into not investigating who had 
burgled his office.  He also used a locking charm that Moody broke 
rather handily, not once, but twice.

6.  An 11-year old girl crept into Snape's office and stole more 
potions ingredients again.

7.  Snape can't prove that Harry went to Hogsmeade, when all he had 
to do was threaten to burn the map unless Harry came clean.

8.  Snape may have allowed Fudge to bring the dementor to Moody's 
office, where it promptly sucked out Crouch Jr.'s soul, making him as 
responsible or even more responsible than McGonagall.

9.  He is responsible for Peter's escape, and as a result, 
Voldemort's re-birth.  Had he listened in the Shrieking Shack, there 
would have been an additional wizard there to keep control of the 
situation.  Snape also might have Crouch Sr.'s blood on his hands for 
needlessly detaining Harry as Harry searched for Dumbledore.

10.  Experienced dueler that Snape is, he allowed three underage 
wizards to disarm him.  This occurred because Snape didn't have the 
good sense to disarm the kids right away (note that Lupin did disarm 
the students when he arrived in the Shack).    

Ah well, you know, nobody's perfect.  ::smiles sweetly::

Pippin again:

>Now I am looking forward to the day when Sirius, who 
> has begun to grow up, bless him, grabs both Snape and Lupin 
> by the scruffs of their necks and bangs their heads together.
> 

Yes, that will be a wonderful day, won't it?  :-)

Cindy (pretty sure Sirius isn't also a screw-up, although he did have 
a rather off day when the Potters were attacked)