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

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No: HPFGUIDX 130376

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?


Alla:

This makes sense for me too. In fact it makes more sense  than 
Severus committing suicide.

That is of course only makes sense if you are buying the idea of 
Snape figuring out who Remus was in advance, but as I said in my 
previous post, I am pretty much sold on it.

This would also make sense in light of the JKR's answer about Prank 
in 2004, which was quoted few days ago here.

There should be a reason of why when she answered why Sirius sent 
Snape to the Shack, she answered because Sirius loathed  Snape and 
the loathing was entirely mutual.

Now, I suppose it would be impulsive of Snape to try and kill 
werevolf, but we did see that he indeed can be very impulsive.

> Sue(hpfan):

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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.


Alla:

Well, I don't find it implausible, if Dumbledore considered 
intentions of both parties. If Dumbledore indeed believed that Sirius 
had no clue about Snape's knowledge of Remus' situation, that makes 
Sirius to be quite guilty too.

I think Dumbledore could have just gave them both second chances and 
of course was protecting Remus.

Just speculating here of course.

Alla