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

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 130371

Potioncat:
> Now, what if Severus did suspect Remus was a werewolf? He studies 
> on the ways to subdue a werewolf (or maybe even to kill one, that's 
> part of the essay he will assign) and he goes after Remus with the 
> intent to discover whether he is one, and to kill him if need be. 
> Sirius doesn't think Severus knows. Who knows what James thinks? 
> But James pulls Severus to safety. Maybe it's really Remus' life 
> James saved, but Snape has put a different spin on it. Or, perhaps 
> DD knows that Sirius put Severus in danger on purpose, but that 
> Severus was putting Remus in danger on purpose and both 16 year-old 
> boys were "capable of murder". And perhaps he knows how impulsive a 
> 16- year old boy can be.
> 
> The fact that DD downplays the "murder" aspect tells me that he 
> doesn't see it the same way that Snape does.


SSSusan:
This may have been suggested this way before, but if it has, I don't 
recall it.  I really think this is a distinct possibility, Potioncat -
- that while Sirius did not believe Snape had the foggiest idea what 
he'd be getting himself into, Snape *did* suspect what Lupin was and 
went into the tunnel prepared to kill Lupin, and that James "rescued" 
*two* potential 16-year-old murderers that night.

As you say, it would go a long way towards making DD's "My memory is 
as good as it ever was, Severus," remark make sense.  Snape shuts up 
at that point, stops his protestations, so maybe those words of DD's 
were just a "dig" enough for Snape to have gotten the reminder?

Siriusly Snapey Susan