Two-way Mirror and other frustrations! (OotP Spoilers!)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 62996

Me: 

> > He knows it now, so when he yanks the memory out, he has perhaps 
> > extrapolated the Marauders bragging about Lupin being a werewolf.
> > 
> > Is this what you mean, Grey Wolf? 
> 

GW:

> Errr... no, hadn't thought about it. You can claim that, if you want. 
> I'm so pleased someone actually answers one of my posts I don't mind 
> sharing :D
> 



Well, let's think about it, if we can. :)

The reason I  brought it up is because I think it could tie into accuracy of the 
Pensieve and how it works.

There is no canon either way, but I'm inclined to believe the Worst Memory 
took place before the Shrieking Shack prank. I see James as being nowhere 
near the kind of kid that would rescue Snape in the Worst Memory scene.

Further, if the Worst Memory prank took place AFTER the Shrieking Shack 
prank, it seems that James was being awfully evil toward the guy who could 
blow Lupin's secret out of the water. Snape already let loose with racial slurs 
under duress, why wouldn't he drop a "freaking werewolf" too.

So, let's for the moment, say that the Worst Memory took place before Snape 
discovered Lupin was a werewolf. How does Snape's memory have in it 
information about Lupin's true nature?

Snape wasn't looking at Sirius preen himself in class, nor at James muss up 
his hair, nor at the guys behaving like dorks at the lake.

Does the Pensieve record in a radius around the person? If it does, that is a 
great eavesdropping tool. Just walk reasonably close to a conversation, but 
out of earshot so you're not suspected, stay there, and pluck the memory later.

But if it's Snape's memories and only what he saw and heard, I have to 
wonder how information about Lupin got put in there.  It's his subconscious, 
but I also wonder if he is inserting information he picked up at a later date.

I'm not so much questioning the realiability of the Pensieve. I do believe 
James and Sirius were arrogant berks, but I think how it works bears 
examining.

Darrin