MD Alternative: Lupin is the agent. (WAS Objections to Magic Dishwasher - Shriek

[kiricat2001 <Zarleycat@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51872

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr <annemehr at y...>" 
<annemehr at y...> wrote:

snipping a lot of stuff that was very interesting to focus on this 
tiny point...
 
> The other big question is, under this scenario, what the heck is 
the 
> point of Snape being in the Shrieking Shack at all?  Just to 
conjure 
> the stretchers afterwards, or to give Fudge a false impression of 
what 
> went on that night?

Snape is the there to establish first-hand the past relationships he 
had with Sirius, Remus and James. Had Snape not been there, there 
would have been no reason for any mention of "the prank" to come up.  
But, now Harry has a clearer understanding of what James did to 
establish a life-debt situation with Snape.  Could this be another 
example of calm, reasonable, "Professor" Lupin using the situation at 
hand to gently plant the idea of saving someone's life as a noble, 
worthwhile act?

Surely Lupin knows of Harry's longing for a sense of connection with 
his parents, especially his father. So, JKR sends Snape to the Shack 
to give Lupin a plausible reason to draw a parallel for Harry - James 
saved someone he loathed...therefore Harry can do the same.

Aside from MD or Lupin!MD, I think the three adults were placed 
together to establish their relationships directly through their 
interactions with each other.  Why? Because it will have a bearing on 
later books.  We needed to see them together, not simply referring to 
each other in passing conversation.  This scene IMO, truly shows the 
loathing Sirius and Severus have for each other, which we see again 
very briefly at the end of GoF. And that is much more visible when we 
see the characters interact, not just hear them mention the other's 
name with acidity in passing. 

I'm betting that there will be some crucial plot line involving 
Sirius and Severus in future books. And the importance of whatever 
happens will hinge on how they put aside or succumb to their gut 
feelings about each other.

Marianne