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

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 130373

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<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
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

Sue(hpfan):

This is *very* intriguing on two fronts.  If Snape did intend to kill 
Remus in the Shrieking Shack or the tunnel leading to it and James 
thwarted him,  he has even more reason to hate James.  The blaming of 
James for being part of the prank is what he tells Harry, but the 
truth would more likely be that he lost recognition and perhaps even 
an "Order of Merlin".  After all, Lockhart has one.

The second area I find interesting about this is DD and his decision 
to allow Snape to stay at school, knowing he attempted to kill 
another student.  If DD believes (as he seems to) that what Sirius 
did was not commit an attempted murder but a prank that he believed 
Snape walked into with his eyes open, why did he protect Severus at 
that time?  They were all in trouble, I am sure, but if DD knew for a 
fact that Snape intended to commit murder...that's a lot of forgiving.

Sue