... the "Prank" ? Reverse Psychology & Impulsiveness

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 99788

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arealin" <alina at d...> 
wrote:
> <snip>
Mel:
> > Sorry, Black deserved whatever the worst punishment 
available at the  time was. Apologists, take Snape completely out 
of the picture and  consider the consequences to *Lupin* if this 
'prank' had gone  further.<<

Alla:
> Finally someone brought up a point that's been bothering me 
ever since the discussion on the ML began. Why doesn't anyone 
think of  what Sirius' "joke" would've done to Lupin had James 
not interfered. <

Pippin:
All of them were already risking expulsion, Azkaban and possibly 
worse by arranging to enter Hogsmeade with a werewolf.  They 
did it because the company of the Animagi was the only thing 
that made Lupin's transformations bearable. And because it 
would have been boring for them to stay in the Shack. Even if 
Snape died, they weren't risking any consequences they hadn't 
decided to face already--except to Snape of course.

But there has to be more to it than Snape being told how to get in 
to the tunnel. Surely Snape left to his own devices would 
investigate the tunnel when Remus *wasn't* likely to be in it. 
Sirius, or somebody,  had to arrange for Snape to enter at the 
proper time. And that just doesn't sound like Sirius. I can believe 
him capable of homicide--or a stupid joke--but premeditation is 
not his style. 

Pippin