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

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 168304

>zgirnius:
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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.

Nikkalmati
 
Why don't we see any hint of regret from Sirius when he views the Prank  from 
a "presumably"
adult POV.  He never says anything about realizing  it turned out badly and 
could have turned out worse.   He doesn't  express any regret to Lupin or 
indicate he could have gotten James killed or DD  fired or Lupin expelled or, oh 
yes, Snape could have been killed (unless that  was the original idea).:>)  By 
the time he got out of Azkaban Sirius  should have realized at least that it 
had been a bad idea, but we are given no  hint Sirius feels that way.
Nikkalmati  



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