Guerilla ? (Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 118632



I, Del, wrote earlier: 
" The second problem is that Lupin and Sirius don't mention it at all
when they answer Harry's questions. They try to pass it as a childish
prank. I'm not sure why they would do that. "

Alla answered :
"May I humbly refer you to my post 118290, where I tried to answer
this question?"

Del replies :
You think it's because it's too early in the story ? Well, yes, it
could be of course. But, hum, let's say that I'm growing
progressively, er, *tired* of this explanation ;-) I'd rather find a
reasonable character-driven explanation.

And in fact, there's one. It's quite far-fetched, but it could work.

It is possible that DD told Remus and Sirius to avoid doing anything
that might further antagonise Harry to Snape, because it is crucially
important that Harry let Snape teach him Occlumency. In that light, it
becomes obvious that telling Harry that James and Sirius attacked
Snape because he was a junior DE was the last thing to do.

Moreover, if you're right and Snape hadn't done anything *yet*, then
James and Sirius *were* out of bounds, no matter how pure their
intentions. That would further explain why Sirius seems a bit embarassed.

But we definitely need to know more, because as I said in my previous
post, JKR hasn't told us that Snape *ever* did anything while in
school. It's possible, maybe probable, but for now it's still a
supposition.

Del