Ungrateful Werewolf ( Was Re: Character Given A Reprieve)

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No: HPFGUIDX 175563

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Judy" <judy at ...> wrote:
>
>> Actually, though, I don't get how Lupin would let the Marauders 
keep 
> tormenting Snape when Snape knew his secret.  It seems just too 
> likely that the secret would slip out "under duress" whether Snape 
> wanted it to or not.  Maybe this is just a plot hole, another 
> situation where the timeline is off? (*cough*missing24hours*cough*)
> 
[snip].
> 
> -- JudySerenity
>

Finding out that the Prank had been before Snape's Worst Memory I 
was also surprised that the Marauders didn't worry about Snape 
revealing Lupin's status.

But the thing is, it is canon that Dumbledore had made Snape promise 
not to tell, presumably under threat of expulsion. So now the 
school, incl. Lily who might then subconscioulsy have started to get 
her hots for brave James saving her slimy friend, has a vague idea 
that James did something noble and heroic to save Snape. Snape knows 
that there were nothing noble about it though I'll give you possibly 
heroic and that it was James trying to save his own hide and his 
friends. Sirius is not really punished. (anything short of expulsion 
is a JOKE) Snape is made to keep the secret, threatened or possibly 
magically bound so that he is not even able to utter it. And on top 
of everything, the Marauders gang up on him and pants him. He 
obviously can't do much there, he went to Dumbledore accusing them 
of murder and got punished himself.

I'm not surprised that Remus didn't stop his friends from bullying 
Snape. He didn't have any control over them really. They are 
completely callous about reveavling his secret in SWM, out in 
public. Sirius says he's bored and wished it was the full moon... i 
mean, lycanthropy is supposed to be this curse, right and Sirius is 
saying how he would like his friend to be suffering it at the 
moment. After he has tried to use said friend as a murder weapon. 
Lupin is completely pathetic, only a notch above Peter and I have 
serious concerns about his morality. What if he had gotten someone 
in one of his many close turns while Marauding around with the 
others? It was a joke to the others but he knew what Lycanthropy was 
like and didn't stop.

And I can't really blame Snape for trying to give hints to Lily. He 
knows James is sniffing after Lily. He knows what Sirius is capable 
of doing and treating as a mere joke. He knows that Remus is 
dangerous. They are Gryffindors, charming, good in sports and the 
rest. They have much better access to his friend and the House 
divide is already taking her away from him. Is he a jerk for not 
dropping Mulciber and Avery on the spot once she complains? Perhaps 
but he's only a kid and friends are important esp. with enemies like 
her oh, so brave housemates around.

Mim