The Prank, was Re: [HPforGrownups] HPFGU Digest Number 1843

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 38536



Hi,

Tuesday, May 07, 2002, 8:25:24 AM, midgiecat wrote:


> I don't know if there is more to the prank than we have been told, but I 
> don't think it's fair to Sirius to say he didn't give a thought to the 
> repercussions for Remus.  I believe he thought that either Snape would not 
> follow them through the tunnel - he isn't the bravest character in the 
> series, after all -  OR  - when Snape arrived at the Shrieking Shack he would 
> have found a full grown wolf and two other very large animals and  faint dead 
> away.  Then one animagi would have to get Snape out of the tunnel while the 
> other restrained the werewolf.

I don't like Snape, but I've never seen him as a coward,
either, fainting at the sight of something unexpected <g>.

Snape may be mean, angry, a former DE and out for revenge,
but not brave?

I have to admit to not focusing on him too much, when
reading the books, do if I missed scenes proving that Snape
is not very brave, I'll take it all back <g>.


> I believe it was in a fit of impatience that Sirius told him about the tree, 
> but I wonder if he thought that Snape would run to the Headmaster to report 
> what he saw - requiring Dumbledore to  perform a memory charm on him, which 
> would make life a bit better for the group, but also relieve their anxiety 
> about Dumbledore's discovery of their animagic powers. 

Would Dumbledore really perform a memory charm on a student
who found out about the tree?

And should he?

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 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net