James and Snape. /prank?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 113985


> > Alla:
> > 
> > Eh, I will be the first one to say that we don't know much about 
> > Prank yet, but Snape knew that Remus is a werewolf and still went 
> > there?
> > 
> > I doubt it. 
> 
> RL now
> I was answering someone who thought Snape discovered Remus's 
> condition by listening to the Marauders' post exam conversation, 
and 
> I went from there. I don't really think Snape's stupid, I only 
> dislike him very much and I thought if the poster was right then he 
> must be dumb. Sorry my meaning got across the wrong way. Things 
seem 
> so much clearer when I think them than when I write them...
 
Finwitch:

Actually - I think Snape making the discovery was clever.
Then he wants to avenge them all by proving it to the public...
It is unclear how Sirius 'told him how to get past the Whomping 
Willow' - was Sirius conversing with i.e. Peter, who asked how Sirius 
would go there if he wasn't there (wishing for recognisition of his 
importance)...

Nowadays, Snape may think that both conversations were *staged* to 
trap him - but if they were, the person doing that was Peter 
Pettigrew, not Sirius (as Snape mistakenly thinks. A trait of his in 
the detective work, isn't it? Always mistaking the WHO if he manages 
to get everything else right!). and poor Sirius got all the blame for 
evil deeds of Peter Pettigrew...

BTW, it's unclear whether Snape thought Black was the werewolf, or 
Potter, or (correctly) Remus Lupin? So he figured out that one of the 
three was a werewolf - but not WHO (unless he had noticed Remus' 
continued absences, BUT if all Marauders were absent too - keeping 
company, as they used to do (or study animagi before that) - that's 
not much of a clue, is it?)

Finwitch