Lupin vs Snape (was Lupin and "Severus")

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 157044

> Renee:
<SNIP>
 And I wouldn't call
> > Snape a reliable witness when it comes to giving testimony about the
> > Marauders.
> 
> 
> Sydney:
> 
> Really?  As it turns out, Snape was right about James being arrogant
> and strutting around the school.  He was right about Lupin being weak
> as well-- as Lupin himself agrees.  And while Lupin wasn't actively
> helping Sirius, he was (oh-so-Lupin!) passively helping, by
> withholding the information about the Animagus transformation and,
> even worse, the secret passages they both knew about.

Alla:

But but... doesn't the fact that Lupin was **passively** helping an 
innocent man shows that Snape is indeed extremely unreliable when it 
comes to Marauders?

I mean, I am not sure I accept that Lupin not telling Dumbledore 
translates into him **helping** Sirius, but say I accept it for the 
sake of the argument.

It is **good** that Lupin is helping an innocent then, no?

Snape maybe right sometimes about guessing the actions, but he is oh 
ever so **wrong** about the motivations IMO.

It is the same thing with Harry, IMO. Yeah, Snape often knows when 
Harry is in trouble (probably by Legilimency), but is he often right 
about Harry's motivations, about **why** he breaks the rules?

Not in my book, ( Harry's Hogmead trip being an exception of course).

Snape is sure to jump to the worst conclusions and sometimes he happens 
to guess correct, but does he figure Harry's heroic motivations, noble 
thoughts? I'd say, not ever. IMO of course.

So, yes, I consider Snape to be **unreliable** witness about Marauders 
and Harry.

The very good example of course is " have you forgotten that Sirius 
Black tried to kill me" ( paraphrase) and Dumbledore's "my memory is as 
good as ever" AND JKR promise that we **will** find out more about 
Prank.

Would you accept a bet that the right answer is :

No, he did not? :)

JMO

Alla,

who always has that crow handy to cook and eat, but who hopes that the 
others do too. :)