The Prince interpreted

[Dana]

No: HPFGUIDX 173071

Carol:
> I agree that he expected to see a werewolf, but his going into the
> Shrieking Shack willingly does not justify Sirius's showing him how 
> to go in. Have you forgotten that the Marauders, being Animagi, 
> could do so safely but Severus couldn't? As for playing it for all 
> it was worth, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it, but it 
> has nothing to do with the points I was making.
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Dana:
I red what you wrote and you wrote that what Snape said about James 
getting cold feet was actually true. And I replied that you should 
read it again because if Snape was truly of the opinion, like he 
expressed in PoA, that the Marauders were out there to kill him then 
he would have said something about it to Lily but he didn't. 

Also Magpie once told me that in order to be tricked, it needs the 
element of not knowing what you are walking into otherwise it is no 
trick but as you yourself are agreeing to here, Snape wasn't tricked, 
he already knew. Snape knew and went anyway and Snape wanted to turn 
the trick around on the marauders but it backfired. 

The moment Snape made the decision to go to the tunnel while knowing 
what he could find made him solely responsible for the entire event 
from unfolding like it did. Snape knew the Marauders where out at 
night and he sneaked into the tunnel to find out what they were up to 
and not because Sirius tricked him into doing anything. 

What Sirius thought or what his initial reasons were for the entire 
thing doesn't really matter anymore as the moment Snape chose to put 
himself in harms way, all knowing what he could find, it became his 
own responsibility and his alone. 

I have forgotten nothing but you seem to think that Snape would not 
know that wrestling with a werewolf would not be good for your 
health. If someone would forget that a werewolf is actually dangerous 
and not just a furry little problem then it was Sirius. 

Would you play with a gun that you know is loaded if someone tells 
you that it is safe to do so? Would you jump out of an airplane 
without a parachute if someone, who does wear one, next to you says 
it's okay? In both cases you wouldn't because you know there is a 
possibility that it will not work out that well for you. The trick 
was no longer a trick the moment Snape made his own choice knowing 
full well what he could find. Snape not claiming that the marauders 
tried to kill him is proof to me that he knew full well that his 
presence in the tunnel had nothing to do with anything Sirius said to 
him and therefore Snape asking DD if he had forgotten that Sirius 
tried to kill him at age 16, was a lie. 

Of course if you for a second would take off your Snape orientated 
glasses, you would actually be able to read the text without the need 
for me to type out the entire thing out the same book you hold in 
front of you.
Snape's omission to confront Lily about any type of murder attempt on 
either James or Sirius part means that it never was. Snape wasn't 
tricked. 

JMHO

Dana, who doesn't need a warning from the Elves as I have just 
obliterated my memory Carol who?