Severus and the DADA exam /James

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No: HPFGUIDX 123887


Vmonte:
> > > THIS IS IT!!!! This is the real reason that Snape put this 
> > > memory into the penseive. He did not want Harry to know that by 
> > > the time of Sirius's prank he already knew that Lupin was a 
> > > werewolf. God. What was Snape up to that night?! 

Alla wrote:
> > Why, why,why Snape listened to Sirius and WENT there, especially 
> > if he  knew about Remus' condition?
 
Finwitch:
> You know, that's the big question, even if Snape did NOT know. 
> Honest, they clearly saw each other as enemies (and for the most 
> part, still do) - I can't so much as see a situation... what - 
> Snape taking orders from Sirius, particularly when they're not on 
> the same side? WHAT??? I just can't believe it.
> 
> Sirius *may* have let slip (respoding to a taunt) how to get past 
> the Whomping Willow - but.. what got Snape to *Act* on it? The 
> whole thing is ridiculous! i can't see much reason for Snape to go 
> there at all.
 

SSSusan:
I thought the general idea was just that everyone knew Snape was a 
nosy kind of guy, and that he *really* wanted to know what these four 
were doing whenever they ran off.  The idea, then, is that Snape 
wanted to follow Lupin in order to spy on him, not to confront him, 
convinced that he'd find him/them doing something illegal that he 
could report them for, getting them expelled.

Of course, if you believe that Snape had figured out Lupin was a 
werewolf by this time, then it doesn't really make much sense that 
he'd have followed.  Surely he wouldn't have thought himself able to 
control Lupin as werewolf?  Unless we believe he's play-acting 
whenever he talks about how Sirius/James/Remus tried to KILL him that 
night [as if he had *no* idea what he was facing and certainly *no* 
idea how to protect himself].

Personally, I think whoever it was who suggested that Snape was 
thinking hard about this question because *something* about it was 
nagging at him may have been right.  I think Snape had gotten far 
enough in thinking about Lupin's disappearances that, when faced with 
the werewolf DADA question, it gave him pause... but I think he was 
still puzzling things out.

So I guess I buy the straightforward approach to this question:  
Sirius knew Snape would go to the tunnel because his curiosity would 
be stronger than his suspicion that Sirius was setting him up.

Siriusly Snapey Susan