[HPforGrownups] Re: The length of the Pensieve Scene

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 118246


--- curlyhornedsnorkack <easimm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> But it is possible they are annoyed with Snape for a
> specific reason. What was James supposed to say to Lily about the 
> reason (I suspect) James was punishing Snape? "Snape's trying to 
> expose our
> friend" wouldn't do, because it might set tongues waggling among
> other
> students? Or does James give a no-good-reason, such as "Because he
> exists" (OOTP) to stop inquiries flat? 


Yes, but...

...if that is the case, why didn't Remus and Sirius tell Harry that
when he confronted them through the fireplace?  If there were any
reason whatsoever that would have in some way explained James'
actions that day, they would have told Harry because their prime
concern at that moment was his feelings.

Instead they tell him that people are idiots at 15 ("I'm 15!" - love
that line) and that they were sometimes arrogant birks, and Remus
says that he never told them "to lay off Snape", that they were "out
of order" (which is a funny pun, if you think of it: order/Order). 
There's nothing in their discussion to indicate that Snape was trying
to do anything to them.

Also I'm not clear on how Snape was following the Marauders when it
was him who left the hall first and the Marauders followed him.  

As for exposing Remus' secret: the person who did that was Sirius
Black, one of his closest friends, and that apparently happened in
the next school year, according to canon.

James was not punishing Snape - he was providing amusement for Sirius
because he was bored ("'I'm not proud of it,'  Sirius said quickly.")


Sirius' claim that Snape was sneaking around trying to get them
expelled (and so deserved whatever happened during the Prank) takes
on some context after the Pensieve episode.  Sirius is maddenly
imprecise about when Snape started trying to get them expelled -
notice that it doesn't come up in his description of James and Snape
to Harry.  If he tried to get them expelled after what we see in the
pensieve, I would find it hard to condemn Snape for that.

Magda 

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