Snape and the Prank...some thoughts

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 47036

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Eric Oppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
> My own take on why Sirius wasn't expelled over the Prank is that it 
is quite
> possible that Snape was guilty of a lot more, himself, 
than "sneaking
> around...trying to get us expelled."
> 


> If, say, Snapey had been trying to kill or seriously injure the 
Marauders,


> said something to himself like "Okay, Mr. Snape.  You've been 
playing with
> fire for a long time, and those who play with fire are known to 
burn their
> fingers.  You were warned to leave them alone, and ignored 
warnings.  Again
> and again you ignored warnings.  Well, now you know why ignoring 
warnings is
> not a good idea, don't you?  You weren't hurt, thanks to James---
whom I'm
> going to make Head Boy for his actions---and you can lie in the bed 
you
> made."
> 


NO! NO! NO!
I absolutely can NOT sit on my fingers and "listen" to this!
There is NO evidence ANYWHERE that Snape had done ANYTHING other than 
snoop around and be disagreeable. Both Sirius (particularly immature 
tattle-tale!Sirius) and Remus have had ample opportunity to tell 
Harry and co. just what awful things Severus had tried to do--but no, 
Not one word. Do you honestly think that if Severus had tried to slip 
something into James' or Peter's pumpkin juice Harry wouldn't have 
heard ALL about it from his loving Godfather? 
But WHAT were the Marauders doing? Releasing a "full grown werewolf" 
and wandering around freely with it FOR FUN! (ha bloody ha) They had 
a few "close calls" which they later "laughed about"! 
And WHO is lying in the bed he made? 
HARUMPH!
Melpomene