Random thoughts and speculations after rereading JKR's interview on Leaky and

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 134549

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
 
> Now, I am very fond of speculation  that Snape figured out who Remus 
> was before he went to the Shack, but I could never come up with the 
> reason why Snape may want to hurt Remus or even kill him.
> 
> Jealousy sounds like a great reason to me.


I'm now sure Snape knew. JKR said in that same interview that pensieve 
memories are true memories. Remus as much as says, in Snape's Worst 
Memory, that he's a werewolf. (I still have a problem with this 
pensieve memory stuff - I can buy that the memory is a true account 
not subject to a person's biases, but how did Snape, writing away at 
his test, see James doodling 'L.E.' on his paper?)

We know that this was fifth year (O.W.L. year) and I'll make the 
assumption that this was pre-Prank, as Snape says Sirius was 16 years 
old when the Prank happened. Sixteen was also Sirius' age when he left 
his family.  I'm betting that these two events happened the year 
following the Pensieve memory.

Marianne