The Prank -- A New Thought

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 80563

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> wrote:
> 
> So, in my opinion, Sirius did not intentionally do anything life-
> threatening by pulling The Prank. He did jeopardize his friend's 
> cover, which was amazingly thoughtless and stupid, though.
> 
> Snape is the one who has given it the slant and built it up into 
> something it wasn't.
> 
>

Well Sandy has already explained that James was in danger because he 
was in *human* form, so I'll take on the "slant" issue. Let's take 
Snape's opinion right out of the picture, shall we?
*Remus Lupin* believes that the "prank" was stupid and dangerous and 
in fact threatened Snape's life seriously.  In his own words: "a 
trick...which nearly killed him, a trick which 
involved me - "

You say he jeopardized his friend's cover? His *cover* was the least 
of what he jeopardized. Just try to imagine what would have happend 
to poor Lupin (reminder--sirius' FRIEND) if anything had happened to 
Snape. Even if you discount the legal problems, what would it have 
done to a 16yo mental state to have been set up to eat a classmate by 
one of his closest friends?
Even if you Hate Snape you have to see the harm this "prank" could 
have done.
And I still think James only went after Severus to gain brownie 
points with Lily.

Melpomene...shaking her head over that bat-droppings idea.