Sirius and Prank again? Fools Rush in where Wisemen Fear to Go

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 129934

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Alla:
> > 
> <snip> I said that Snape did not deserve to BE provoked, but as 
> > far as we know nobody forced him to go into the Shack.
> > 
> a_svirn:
> And who says that he was "forced" to go there? Not even Snape clamed 
> that.


Valky:
I think Alla's point is that if Severus was not forced to go to the
Shack against his will, then he must shoulder blame as far as at least
making the decision to go there.

I agree with that, and this is, in most ways, how I read the derisive
noise that Sirius makes when Snape begins his monologue about the
"prank". I don't think Sirius is expressing continued amusement at the
prank I think he is expressing his contempt for the whole "I am
completely blameless and innocent" line from Severus.

Sirius does not think Sevvie was blameless, and apparently neither did
Dumbledore.

Also in respect to my point about James forgiving him, I think James
needed to forgive the mess that Sirius got him and Lupin into. James
would have needed to protect Snape from Transformed Lupin *without*
giving away his animagii form. Besides the fact that I really doubt
that James, in spite of his cockiness, didn't care about the danger
Lupin had been put in either. So James had some things to forgive
Sirius for, and he managed to. The entire Marauders crew would simply
have to be a bunch of murderous malignants for it to be remotely
possible that Snape was completely innocent. Is anyone prepared to
argue flat out that they are?

Valky