Man the canons Re: Snape vs. Sirius (was: Snape's Stubbornness)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 127237


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
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> Alla wrote:
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> Again, sorry for repeating myself , but surely Sirius and Snape did 
> not like each other way before Prank happened, right? JKR did say 
> that they loathed each other, so why stop and have a chat with each 
> other? Why, why, why?
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> Potioncat:
> <SNIP>
> I know I didn't answer the "how" but did this help at all?
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> Alla: 
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> You gave me some new food for thought and  very interesting one,  
> but I am afraid my questions are still here. :o)
> 
> Thanks.


Valky:
Hi Alla, I imagine the prank without holes, and let me just embellish
the scenario for you and see if it works.

Dumbledore said that Snape and James were a bit like Harry and Draco,
so lets for a moment allow the assumption that in this description
Dumbledore referred to a particular element (among many of course) of
the Harry/Draco relationship that we know: They got each other into
trouble.

Canon supports this: 'Snivellus' is one thing that supports an
assumption that Snape caused trouble for the Marauders, then there is
Sirius saying that Snape had tried to get them expelled (just for a
moment imagine what Draco would do if he was trying to get Harry
expelled.. angry?) 

So I think it's safe to assume that on the evening of the Prank Snape
had actually done a specific something to get the Marauders in to
strife.. Perhaps this thing had resulted in an evening detention for
Sirius. You know how Sirius loves his midnight romps with the
werewolf, so it's easy to imagine why he would be angry at not being
able to go. 

So here we are before the sun goes down, Sirius is brooding about not
being able to go out with his mates that night and sitting alone near
the tree. Snape sees the marauders before hand doing something
together that he imagines to be plotting, but they are probably just
deciding to surprise Sirius with some silly joke to cheer him up,
Snape doesn't know this obviously and forgets what he's seen for now. 
Then as Snape is standing watching Remus go to the Willow with a look
of curiosity on his face, Sirius who had been brooding all this time
decides to get even with Snape and get him in trouble so he sidles up
to little Sevvie says "Prod the knot with a stick" and walks off
gleefully thinking Severus will be joining him in detention tomorrow
night when he gets caught out of bed trying to snoop (serve him right)...

Later that evening he tells James that he let Snape know how to get in
so he'll be getting 'his' soon enough.. James goes white and says No
Sirius, he will be Killed! This is where Sirius gets stubborn and
doesn't want to admit he never thought of that.. James says we have to
stop him, Sirius says If you want to take his side then go ahead but
count me out. James goes alone to drag Sevvie back, and Snape assumes
that James got cold feet at the last minute and that it was all a plot
to get him killed (aha he remembers what he saw earlier!).

So there is my un-holey (<<--bad pun) version of the prank.. and its
canon safe, I am sure..

Valky