Snape and the Prank...some thoughts

[n_a_pennington]

No: HPFGUIDX 47049

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>>>Judy said: In Sirius' defense, however, we don't know his 
motivations, just as Penny said. My interpretation is that he 
*wasn't* trying to kill Snape or get him turned into a werewolf.  I 
think Sirius was just trying to scare Snape, and hadn't thought 
through the consequences. He hadn't considered how dangerous it would 
be.  


Let me just start out by saying that Sirius is my absolute favorite 
character, so i tend to be a bit biased. 

That being said, yes, we don't know the motivation for said prank. 
But I do believe that it has been VERY well established that Sirius 
has one nasty temper. He's also extremely loyal. IMHO, whatever Snape 
did to "deserve" this prank, was done to one of the marauders or 
someone who Sirius felt like he needed to protect, maybe even 
himself. I do believe he was intending to seriously injure Snape in 
the process, and at the very very least to scare him half to death. 

As to why Dumbledore didn't expell Sirius, he must have had his 
reasons. Maybe it wasn't in their best interest to expell him. 
Perhaps it was to protect Lupin as some have suggested. I'll have to 
think about that more I guess. :)

--n a pennington