Would Snape want to kill; Remus? Was: Re: Harry's detention - James saved Snape

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> >phoenixgod2000:
> > Now imagine that person as an arrogant 
> >teenager and is it a huge stretch of the imagination to believe 
that 
> >he would go after the werewolf, seeking to either kill or capture 
> >it? Imagine the personal glory, imagine the name he would make for 
> >himself, imagine the response he would get from the other 
students. 
> 
> Christina:
> 
> Would Snape really have gotten any glory from killing Lupin?

Alla:

I believe he would, but I wanted to clarify something. I believe that 
Snape going after Remus is just one of the possibilities of what went 
out that night. I think it could be argued just as likely as any 
other, BUT my main argument  that we don't know SO many things that 
we cannot judge what exactly happened, especially who wanted to kill 
whom ( not saying that you cannot do so, I am saying that I won't :-))


Christina:
Would Snape have gotten rewarded
> for killing a werewolf that was already held in control and not out
> hurting anybody?  I mean, I know the atmosphere in the WW is not
> friendly to werewolves, but I doubt they'd be awarding Snape for
> killing one.  After all, for all of the things we hear about the
> prejudice against werewolves, there isn't much canon to show that 
the
> WW does a whole lot (or, as much as they could) to curb the danger
> they represent.  

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Alla:

Hmmm... Lupin would be not allowed to go to Hogwarts but for 
Dumbledore. It seems to me that WW IS very afraid of werewolves and 
Hogwarts was definitely one of the places poor Remus would not see.

I definitely think that Snape would be rewarded for " saving children 
from danger" or something like that.

Besides, there was NO wolsfbane yet when Lupin was in school.


Christina:
> Outside any legal considerations, I'd still imagine Dumbledore would
> be quite livid with Snape for murdering one of his students after
> working so hard to protect him (Lupin).  Dumbledore doesn't seem to
> like it when other people challenge his decision making skills.  I
> honestly believe Snape has better self-preservation skills than 
that.


Alla:

Maybe he was livid with Snape? Maybe that is why Dumbledore managed 
to shut Snape up after the Prank? 

And about Snape self-preservation skills... I am not so sure. 
Remember "his only hope is that Dumbledore won't interfere"?

Just speculating here of course,

Alla.