The length of the Pensieve Scene

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117849


curlyhornedsnorkack wrote :
"What Snape was doing during the scenes before he was spotted by the
Marauders was not innocent and harmless; he was being a sneak."

Del replies :
I'm not saying that you're definitely wrong, but that is surely quite
a subversive reading of that scene. It seems quite straightforward
that in the Pensieve Scene, Snape was only minding his own business
(reviewing his OWL paper) when he was attacked. So can you back your
allegations with canon ?

Del