Snape again

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 146902

> Claudia here:
> If somebody talked him out of it, than it must have been Dumbledore 
> (IMO).
> 
> Now I'm purely speculating here:
> What if DD promised him that nothing the like would happen again 
and 
> that he would see to it that they (the Marauders) learnt to be more 
> responsible? A boy like Snape (especially assuming his abusive 
> childhood) would most likely think DD was to inflict some heavy 
> punishment on the boys. Instead DD meant to achieve this by making 
> James Head Boy, hoping this would evoke his inherent better 
> qualities. And also hoping that James would have more control over 
> Sirius than Remus had (who was already prefect by that time.) From 
> what we know how James (and Sirius) turned out in the end, DD's 
> action had the desired effect.
> But it was a terrible blow on Snape. He probably didn't turn in 
Lupin 
> then because his anger had turned towards DD and his handling of 
> the "prank".
> 
> The starting point of DD's attitude towards the redeeming Snape 
would 
> in this case actually be guilt, for fearing that his actions had 
> partly driven Snape into Voldemort's arms.


Alla:

Well, that is possible of course, except we have that nugging 
Dumbledore's "My memory is as good as ever" in response to 
Snape's "Have you forgotten that Sirius Black tried to kill ME?" ( 
paraphrase). One can of course read guilt in DD's response, 
personally I cannot see guilt at all, but something else, something 
which tells me that Snape could be mixed up to his ears in the events 
preceding Prank. That is of course also only speculation.

There is also that thing of Snape reading question about werewolfs in 
Pensieve scene being a possible hint ( OR NOT of course) that Snape 
knew who Remus was BEFORE he went into Shrieking Shack. Speculating 
is fun, but I cannot wait for JKR to tell us the complete story.

Going back to Zgirnius question about who made Snape shut up. I 
actually never read the suggestion that Lily did and IF LOLLYPOPS of 
some variety are true,and with every book I am more and more 
convinced that they are, although after HBP I am thinking of "Ewwwww 
variety", then I can actually see it sort of.

IF Dumbledore made Snape not to tell, then the way I read it, Snape 
was not completely innocent party before that night. That is just my 
speculation.

If Snape was an innocent party, then actually Lily's request sort of 
makes better sense for me.

JMO of course,

Alla