[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's detention - James saved Snape's life incidentg

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 135946

>bboyminn:
>I would think that if anyone had a right to
>be angry it was Lupin, who in my opinion, was both at the greatest
>risk of causing harm, but even more so, at the greatest risk of
> being harmed.


If teen!Snape was the terrible awful person that Sirius describes -
always following them around, trying to get them expelled, etc. -
then surely it was the height of stupidity to play a trick that
resulted in his discovery of Lupin's condition.  Lupin would have
been vulnerable to Snape's blackmail or at the dubious mercy of his
discretion.  

Not to mention the utter betrayal of taking advantage of Lupin's
condition - which is a source of anguish to Lupin - and using it to
play a joke.  

That to me has always been the worst aspect of the Prank - the way in
which Sirius treated Lupin, the guy who was his second-bestest mate
but who he was willing to see as a monster when it suited his
purposes.  I remember reading POA for the first time and feeling
stunned that JKR obviously expected readers to like this guy and see
him as a positive thing for Harry.

Magda 

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