Harry's detention - James saved Snape's life incident

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No: HPFGUIDX 135980

> Christina:
> 
> If Snape knew that Lupin was a werewolf, why in the *world* would he
> go purposefully into the Shrieking Shack to face him?  If he knew in
> advance that Lupin was a werewolf, he would have had nothing to gain
> from going into the Shrieking Shack (there were better, much more
> Slytherin-like ways to take Lupin down) and everything to lose (ie,
> his life).


Alla:

How about because Snape may want to kill him? And what is more 
importantly - he may BELIEVE that he knows how to kill him, Dark Art 
expert he is.

> Christina:

 I find it
> impossible to believe that Snape would sit on such juicy information
> (about his enemies, no less) from his own free will.

Alla:

Sit on information? I believe he intented to act on such information  
with VERY painful consequences for Remus indeed.

> Christina:
> 
> True, but I don't think what we already know is ambiguous at all.


Alla:

I disagree. Please help me out, if you think that no ambiguity is 
present whatsoever.

1. What IS  the reason for animosity between Snape and Marauders? 
There is "..." in the text,when Sirius says  that he was going 
around, trying to get us expelled. I think he stops short of saying 
something else for plot related reasons.

2. WHY Snape stopped and listened to Sirius? Are you seeing them 
having many friendly conversations together?

3. Why Snape is shown reading werewolf essay AND why exactly he 
assigned the same essay to Harry's class?

4. Who told James about the Prank?

5. In fact,where were James, Peter and Lily during the Prank?

6. Where was  Sirius during the Prank?

When I will find my old post, I will post more questions.

NO, I don't think we know everything about that night, not even close.

> Christina:
> 
> I'm sure he did too, but how much damage could he really have
> inflicted?  James and Sirius attacked him in OotP because they were
> *bored.*  

Alla:

How much damage? It seems to me that his Sectusemptra for example is 
rather nasty thing.

In light of the fact that person's memory could be modified by that 
person I find it possible that Snape modified his memory  by 
diminishing the level of his retaliation and what looked as cut on 
James cheek could have been a rather nasty wound, for example

Christina:
> I think it's pretty clear that Snape was a victim at the hands of 
the
> Marauders more often than they were victims to him.
> 

Alla:

It is far from clear to me.


Just my opinion of course,

Alla.