What DD knew about the Prank (was: Re: Prank/On posting)

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No: HPFGUIDX 80339

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "wildfire_517" 
<wildfire_517 at y...> wrote:
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> > Laura:
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> >I do have to wonder about DD and what he knew about the 
Marauders.  He says in PoA that they managed to keep their 
transformations a secret from him.  I find that very hard to 
believe.   

>  Wyld:
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>   I believe, and always did, that DD knew what was happening.  He 
had 
> to know.  DD knows everything that happens in Hogwarts. <snip>My 
theory has always been that DD knew that the Marauders had managed to 
learn to be Animagi to roam the grounds with Remus, but he let it go 
on for two reasons.  One, allowing Remus to have such close friends, 
friends who worked out how to do something only 7 people in a century 
could do, probably was good for him both in terms of keeping the 
werewolf in check and keeping him more human than he  normally would 
be.  Two, by allowing them to work in "secret," they achieved 
something great, but DD could have stepped in at anytime had 
> they overstepped their limits.  Heck, it wouldn't even surprise me 
if he slyly dropped them a couple hints to help their work!  He just 
> seems like that kind of a guy to me.<snip>

Laura again:

So the question is why.  Why did DD lie to Harry about not knowing 
that the Marauders could transform?  When did he find out about the 
prank and what did he do about it?  Did he already have plans for the 
Marauders to join the fight against LV?  And how would Snape fit into 
his plans, given his early propensity for the dark arts?  Why did DD 
not deduce that Sirius was getting into the school as Padfoot?  If DD 
has a Plan, how does this fit in with it?  

On a slightly different topic, I recently read an old post (don't 
remember whose, sorry about that) suggesting that one of the reasons 
why Snape hates the Marauders so passionately is that he saw (and 
still sees) DD as a father figure and is jealous of his obvious 
affection for James, Sirius and Remus (I don't know how he felt about 
Peter).  That makes a great deal of sense to me-it would explain why 
being around DD would keep his jealousy alive in him, especially when 
Remus and Sirius reappear after years of being off the scene and DD 
goes to great lengths to protect them.
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