The Infamous "Prank"

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No: HPFGUIDX 34673

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> wrote:

> 2. The motives and circumsances.  We have sketchy information about 
> the prank, but the impression I get was that Sirius did it because 
> he thought Snape was a git, and that he didn't intend Snape to be 
> killed or hurt, he simply failed to think through the consequences.
 
> This doesn't speak well of 16-year-old Sirius' temper or 
> intelligence, but since we have no information at all on how and
why 
> Snape joined the DE, we really can't say who's doing better or
worse 
> here.

Interesting that Sirius tells Harry that he told Snape about the
Shack, but doesn't say why.  My guess is that Snape slipped Sirius 
some Veritaserum, as he threatened to do to Harry.  Why did JKR 
have Snape show us the Veritaserum? Well, we did need to see it 
before the scene with Crouch, Jr., but perhaps we also need it to 
know(later) that Serius blabbed to Snape about the Shrieking Shack 
under the spell of the Veritaserum.  

Granted that cuts Sirius a lot of slack, and puts Snape in an even 
worse light. Still, I expect Snape to come out of Book VII smelling 
like a rose. Point being that everybody has a line they will not
cross.

tex