[HPforGrownups] Prank and various responsibilities WAS: Re: Marietta

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No: HPFGUIDX 169685

colebiancardi:
> Sirius, on the other hand, WAS trying to get Snape hurt.  Sirius set a
> trap for Snape and Snape took the bait.
>
> The motive is what matters.  Hagrid's motive was not to get the kids
> hurt.  Sirius's motive was to hurt Snape.  I mean, what else is a
> werewolf going to do with any human?


I don't think that Sirius's motive was to hurt Snape- I think it was his
motive to see how stupid Snape could be with that information. I think he
was trying to teach Snape a lesson to scare the shit out of him- to teach
him a lesson to keep his nose to himself and to quit prying into other's
business. We don't know that Sirius wanted Snape dead, but we all know that
if Snape had barged in on Lupin at the wrong time, he might have been.
Sirius had no idea of when Snape would try to sneak under that tree
(immediately, before he had changed, or later, when he was fully a
werewolf), and that timing made all the difference in the world in the final
outcome.

Shelley