[HPforGrownups] Re: Why didn't Severus reveal the Prank? (Was: How did Sirius lure Severus...)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 107162

--- justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Carol wrote:
> I think Neri is on the right track here, but I would add that
> Severus' fear of humiliation is probably the crucial factor. 


Yes, I agree with Carol.  That's really the only reason that Snape
would not have used the very real power he had been given over Lupin
- and over Dumbledore too in fact.  He could have got Lupin expelled
(at a minimum) and Dumbledore fired.  And yet what happened? 
According to Lupin, Snape was "forbidden" to tell:

Dumbledore: "Severus, I forbid you to get me fired, which would
result in the hiring of a headmaster who would not look kindly on
bending the rules for nice werewolves and would get rid of Remus
Lupin immediately, thereby making Mr. Black and Mr. Potter very
unhappy and vindicating your efforts to spy on them."
Snape: *grumble, grumble, gripe, whine, whine, whine*  "All right."

I can't see it.  It must have been the knowledge that his pride would
suffer a shattering blow that kept him quiet.  Or perhaps Dumbledore
handled things a lot better than Lupin imagined with more tact and
care for a prickly, cheesed-off student's dignity.

But it might also explain JKR's comment that "Snape told Dumbledore
his story and Dumbledore believed it" (when asked what Snape did to
convince Dumbledore he was sincere in turning against Voldemort). 
After all, Dumbledore had trusted Snape's word once before and he
kept it.  




		
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