Sirius's Intentions during the Prank (WAS: Excusing Snape of any responsibility)

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 168185

Dana:
> I truly believe that Sirius actually told Snape in an attempt to 
> protect his friends from Snape's nosiness, in an attempt to make it 
> stop once and for all (no not by having Snape killed) but he 
totally 
> went about it the wrong way and it might have set the stage for 
> future events to play out like they did. 

zgirnius:
I am honestly puzzled by this position.

How would giving Snape the means to satisfy his nosiness about Lupin 
help the situation? Presumably if Sirius thought Snape was that nosy, 
he would expect Snape to act on the suggestion.

The best-case scenario outcome of this would be that Snape would go 
in and see Lupin, and somehow extricate himself unbitted and alive, 
and without badly gurting Lupin in the process. But that would be far 
worse than the situation pre-Prank (from Sirius's point-of-view) - 
now Snape would know Lupin's secret.

The only way I can see it at all being explainable in terms that do 
not make Sirius guilty of planning a murder is if he acted in anger, 
on the spur of the moment, without thinking through the consequences 
to any of the affected parties.