Prank AND the subversive point of view

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 80202


 Laura:
>>Okay, one more question about slang.  Where does "git" fit in with 
the above?>>

"Git" is never used affectionately. Except in the case of "you lucky 
git" i.e. Ron to Harry: "I've just shagged Fleur Delacour, mate!" 
Harry to Ron: "You lucky git!"

Laura again, to Pip:
>>But what makes you think anyone else in the school knew about the 
Prank?  If Sirius told anyone of the plan beforehand, he would have 
given away Remus's secret, and we have no evidence he did so.  
Indeed, we have evidence by implication that he *didn't* do so-Remus 
didn't have to leave the school as a student.>>
  
No, Pip didn't say that. She said:
>>>Snape continually snipes at Sirius in OOP, for staying safely at 
home, leading to the final comment of `why yes, I suppose I am' when 
Sirius finally says `Are you calling me a coward?' This suggests that 
quite possibly Sirius previously used a taunt of `coward' on him.
<snip>
Also, a public taunt of `coward' would mean that Snape would not 
expect a snipe hunt. Half the school would be laughing at him if he 
*didn't* go in.>>> 

 - Pip's getting inside Snape's head here (gaah. Hope she's feeling 
alright), trying to offer motivation for why Snape would take Sirius 
at his word. She's not suggesting that Sirius taunted Snape as a 
coward publically on this occasion, but that he had done before and 
Snape, not knowing that there was a top secret werewolf at the end of 
the tunnel, assumed that this would happen again if he didn't go 
through with it. Which is kind of cowardly in itself, actually. I'm 
sticking with nosiness as primary motivation.

Although, A Thought Occurs - do we know that Remus *wasn't* removed 
from the school at this point? Feel free to correct me at any point, 
as I'm canon free with a memory like a (non-Pen)sieve today - but is 
it possible that Remus was removed from Hogwarts after the Prank? 
Permitted to finish his education at home, perhaps, and then employed 
again at the school due to developments in potion technology? It 
would certainly explain that whole pesky Prefect/Headboy thing, and 
make Sirius' hatred for Snape a bit more understandable. Although 
technically it should have been Sirius removed from school. (Hey,  
Kneasy, look, I found another example of Ever Such a B*stard!
Dumbledore.)

Kirstini.