James and Snape. /prank?

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 113867

> Finwitch:
> 
> The answer is simple. He didn't. I doubt Sirius considered that
> 'Snivellus' would DIE in there. I think he planned for Snape to be
> bitten, but not dead!
> 
> In the pensieve scene we hear the "discussion" over question ten 
(five
> ways to recognise a werewolf). Sirius is teasing Moony about it, 
and
> Moony jokes with him. Then Pettigrew comes up with his moaning of
> difficulty and Sirius loses his temper at that thickness (Which I
> believe was total FAKE on Peter's part, bedding his betrayal 
later...)
> Snape *heard* them - or at least the latter part of it. He may well
> have heard the "You're hanging out with one".
> 
> Then he's reading the exam paper over and over, trying, perhaps, to
> figure out what 'one' Peter was hanging out with? I think Snape
> discovered Lupin's secret that day, there and then! The conflict 
with
> James&saved by Lily, as well as calling her a mudblood is obvious -
> too obvious.
> 
> Finwitch

RL replies:

I agree with you, but if we're right, then the prank is entirely 
SS's fault. He knew Remus was a werewolf and he still went to the 
Shrieking Shack on a full-moon night? 

God, you made my day. Not only is Snape evil, he's also dumb!

Romlulus Lupin, who would like a link to Steve's open letter to JKR, 
since he couldn't find it on his own. Any good Samaritans out there?