Sirius' attempted murder of Snape

[Marianne S.]

No: HPFGUIDX 136004

Valky wrote : It's a *thousand* times more likely that Sirius thought he was doing
Snape a big favour and building character in him, than it ever is that
he was trying to get him killed.

Marianne S: I'm not sure about thinking he was doing Snape a "big favor"... but I have a 
feeling that Sirius was trying to knock Snape down a peg, show him what he's dealing with 
if he keeps hexing them, 'cause next time it could be worse than Levicorpus. I believe both 
Sirius and Lupin said that Snape hexed and taunted them as much as he was hexed and 
taunted by James and Sirius. It makes me almost wonder how Snape got away with it all... 
why wasn't his name ever in the files Harry was re-writing?

So, while I don't think that Sirius was doing Snape a favor, I don't think that Sirius was 
trying to get "Snivelus" killed or bitten, either. I think he was probably trying to give him a 
good scare and it just got out of hand.  Or maybe, Sirius believed (like some HP readers, I 
have read) that Snape was a vampire and would prove it by turning into a bat to escape? ;)

So, wouldn't it be a fine twist of fate if:

Snape was pining for Lily just as James was, but was too socially inept to do anything 
about it, especially since he was hiding his "half-blood" status and aware of her muggle 
parentage....

Part of Snape's attraction to Lily was for her potions ability. Another part of his attraction 
to her was the fact that she *seemed* to hate James. So, even if young Severus knew he 
couldn't have Lily, he might have felt like James certainly couldn't either...

and here's the TWIST...

James saves Snape, not just causing Snape to have a "life-debt" to his adversary. Then, to 
make matters worse for the very much alive and unbitten Severus. seeing  or knowing that 
James saved the life of someone he hated  was the EXACT THING that made Lily change 
her mind about James and agree to go out with him! If so, poor Severus (not that this 
would excuse the way he has treated Harry for 6 years)! 

All of this is my own conjecture, not to be taken as canon. 

Marianne S