Snape trying to warn James' redux WAS: Re: Life Debt

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No: HPFGUIDX 154170

> Nikkalmati:
> > This possibility also raises some issues with James and Severus. 
We know
> > Severus spoke to James and warned him against using Sirius as a 
Secret-Keeper
> > (advice James seems to have taken!).

> Peggy W:
> I don't remember this at all. IIRC in POA Snape calls James
> "arrogant" regarding his "trust in Black" but I don't think it's
> stated anywhere that they ever had any direct conversation about the
> Secret Keeper issue. Or was this stated somewhere besides in the
> Shrieking Shack confrontation? If Snape is known to have had any
> contact with James after their school days together, I have 
completely
> forgotten reading about it.
>

Alla:

I don't remember anything else on this issue either, so would love to 
know that. As far as I remember  in the past it was deduced based on 
that quote that Snape tried to warn James, but that is a BIG 
deduction IMO. It can mean any number of things, including IMO that 
somebody ELSE told Snape that people were telling James not to trust 
Sirius, but he refused.

 
> Patricia:
> I don't recall ever seeing anything about Severus being the one to 
change James' mind about his secretkeeper. This would of course 
drastically change everything, because it would mean that Snape 
coerced James into switching his secretkeeper from loyal Sirius to 
Pettigrew whom Snape must have known was a traitor because Snape was 
himself playing on both sides (on orders or not). If you could let us 
know where you thought you saw this info, please do.
>

Alla:

Heee! That is a good point. I mean we can interpret ambiguities in 
Snape favor or NOT. :) And that would mean to me that dear Severus 
even more complicit in James death then after he reported the 
prophecy. Even if he did not know that Pettigrew is a dirty traitor 
and was just trying to make James doubt Sirius' loyalty.

JMO,
Alla