[HPforGrownups] Re:TBAY - Prank and the (Second) Pensieve Four

[Saitaina]

No: HPFGUIDX 77978

Two points I have to make here:

Point One: The theory of Sirius telling Peter, Peter telling Lily and
then Lily telling James could conceivably work.  Granted I was only
around for a few posts so my thoughts could be hogwash but this came
to
me while reading.  What if Sirius told Peter the day before, ("Hey
Pete, come here, I've got this AWESOME idea to get back at that
weasel..."), Peter tells Lily that day, unsure what to do about it,
Lily is where the hold up is though.  She waits, debating, not sure if
it's
all a joke or if Sirius is really going through with it until she SEES
Snape
head for the Whomping Willow.  She's standing near James,
tells him, James, who knows what an idiot his friend can be takes off
without a thought to go stop his best friend from becoming a murder...

As for not going to Remus...well that I can't explain perfectly
thought I have two thoughts:

A. Peter doesn't feel comfortable confronting Remus with this.
He doesn't want to hurt his friend by saying their other best buddy's
going to try to use him as a weapon of revenge.  It would destroy the
friendship
the four have.

B. Peter panicked and the only person he could think of was Lily.

Now I don't think Sirius thought he was plotting a murder because it
just didn't occur to him of that.  He's sitting there thinking he's
got the perfect revenge, not realizing how stupid his plan was.  I'm
not saying he's got no redeeming human values, I'm just saying that
fact didn't register.  And it doesn't sometimes.  People plan stupid
pranks for great periods of time not realizing the harm both physical
and emotional they can truly cause.

Anyway, that's my thoughts on Point 1.

Point 2: James could have been a prefect.  Now hold on, stay with me
here.  Remus is prefect up until say...the last part of sixth year,
about where this event takes place (or any other that we haven't seen
yet).  He does the whole "I'm not worthy" thing to Dumbledore, and
Dumbledore, unable to talk Remus out of it, hands over the role to
James, trouble maker yet brilliant student whom he KNOWS can do
better.  James is a little awed by the power vested in him.  And yes,
he for a bit he sees himself pulling a Slytherin and totally using it
to his advantage.  But maturity creeps in and viola, the James Potter
we all know and love...well, maybe not voila but you get the point...I
hope.

Saitaina
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