Prank

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No: HPFGUIDX 80139

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" <melclaros at y...> 
wrote:
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I wonder if Snape didn't tell his parents out of fear of being 
ridiculed for  being "weak" or if he was told NOT to inform them 
(stomach starting to churn) as part of this "vast coverup". Silence 
was bought somehow I'm sure. Now if we were talking about an adult 
cutting a deal that  would be one thing, but we're talking about at 
16 year old who  believes he's nearly been murdered, (Based on the 
previous treatment  he likely had good reason--and yes, don't go on 
about how he was just as bad. I'm sure he did plenty of vile things 
to MMWP but we never hear Sirius or Lupin claim that he ever 
endangered anyone's life and you KNOW Sirius would have jumped on 
that wagon right away--"But he...!") 
> Now here's a really sickening thought. What if Snape's parents 
*were*  told and (Daddy Dearest especially) were in on this silence 
deal? Can you imagine the sense of betrayal? Not only his school 
support system was turning it's collective back on him, but his 
family as well. It's crushing either way--if he didn't tell them for 
fear of being further humilated or he didn't tell them because he was 
either  threatened or paid off--the whole thing makes my skin crawl.


Laura:

Sirius and Remus didn't have to produce any anecdotes to show that 
Snape was a dangerous person-he was a DE, remember?  That should 
cover it.

As for your second point, that would be dreadful for Snape.  But if 
it played out that way, it's hard for me to believe that he would 
have made a career out of teaching at Hogwarts.  Snape has a lot of 
pride, and it seems unlikely that he'd want to work for DD at the 
very site of his humiliation and blackmail.  And why would he ever 
trust DD again, especially enough to become a double agent under 
him?  I don't know how exactly things were resolved about the Prank 
either, but I can't see Snape allowing himself to live and work at a 
place where he was so deeply betrayed.