[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and the Prank...some thoughts

[Barb]

No: HPFGUIDX 47040


Eric said:

<<<<<<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.">>>>>>>


Penny said: 
Exactly!!!  

Melpomene responded indignantly:

<<<<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!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>



 Penny Linsenmayer <pennylin at swbell.net> wrote:
We really only have sketchy details about what happened at this point.  Being the Sirius fan that I am, I do believe that it's more than a little possible that Snape was doing more than just "sneaking around and spying" on them.  I think it very likely that there are a number of facts that we simply haven't been given yet .... so it's hard to make it a black-and-white case as to who was "wrong" and who was "wronged." 
 
Me:
I think it is possible that Snape did nothing more than get too close to figuring out Remus' secret, triggering Sirius' protective reaction on his friend's behalf.  However, whoever one may ultimately consider to blame after JKR reveals more about this (if she chooses to) there are reasons for Dumbledore NOT to expel Sirius that have nothing to do with blame.
 
It is clear that, above all else, Dumbledore wants to keep Remus' secret just that.  If he expelled Sirius for the "Prank," the Black family would need to learn of the reason why.  I don't think a lie would suffice to explain expulsion.  In the end, Dumbledore convinced Snape not to tell and, because he didn't expel Sirius, he didn't need to explain the reason for that to his family.  Dumbledore was able to achieve his goal of secrecy, and that was clearly what he felt was most important.  James' actions, frankly, were far more in line with Dumbledore's goal than Sirius' actions were.  While Snape wouldn't have been able to tell anyone about Remus if he was dead, there certainly would have been a stink raised by the Snape family and the then-head of Slytherin House, which could have caused Remus' secret to emerge.  James' goal may have been less calculating than that, but in the end, his actions led to Remus' secret remaining a secret far better than Sirius' did.  When all is said and done, it is perhaps because of this episode that Sirius decided NOT to be the Potters' Secret Keeper.  Secret Keeping clearly is NOT one of his outstanding talents.
 
--Barb
 


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