Snape in the Shrieking Shack (Was: Are appearances important to Snape?)

[hickengruendler]

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> Carol adds:
> Not to mention that Snape knew very well that Lupin was at large in
> werewolf form.  

Hickengruendler:

This reminds me of the scene in the movie, where Snape shaltered the 
Trio from the werewolf. I know it is off topic to discuss the movie 
on this list, and that it's difficult to draw some conclusions based 
on how the characters act in the movie anyway. But I think this is 
relevant for the discussion, because David Heyman (the producer) said 
during the GoF press conference last week this: 
"DH: Jo is the most generous of collaborators - she sees each and 
every draft of the screenplay. We want to do that because, 1) I made 
a promise at the beginning that I, that we, would be true, but 2) 
because we would be fools to do otherwise. So, we show her each 
draft, and we also don't want to do anything will disrupt books - at 
that time Book 6 hadn't been published, or Book 7 - we didn't want to 
do anything that would adversely affect that order; that would make 
people read them askant, or looking askant." (From here: 
http://www.the-leaky-
cauldron.org/pottercast/transcripts/gofpressjunket1.htm)

That means Jo likely also knew about the scene, where Snape protects 
the Trio and she didn't object to it, while she did object to 
arguably minor things, like little people dabcing on the tables or 
the Hogwarts graveyard. That does not sound as if the Snape in her 
mind had completely evil motivations that night. (I mean, more evil 
than being exited that someone's soul gets sucked out, which really 
is pretty bad enough). And it also does not seem, as if the Snape in 
her mind is irredemably bad.

Hickengruendler