Dark Magic/ Ministry and Dementors/ Snape's role LONG

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 176605

Alla:

Sorry, I completely disagree, I think she knew all the facts and 
**still** placed more importance on what Mulciber et all did to Mary.

Ceridwen:
Lily didn't know all the facts.  She didn't know what was at the end 
of the tunnel:  "They don't use Dark Magic, though."  She dropped her 
voice.  "And you're being really ungrateful.  I heard what happened 
the other night.  You went sneaking down that tunnel by the Whomping 
Willow, and James Potter saved you from whatever's down there --"  
(US DH 674)  The phrase "whatever's down there" means she doesn't 
know what's down there.  One fact lacking.

Another fact lacking is that Severus only had access to the tunnel 
because Sirius gave him directions, confirmed by Remus Lupin in 
PoA:  "...you see, Sirius played a trick on him which nearly killed 
him, a trick which involved me --" (US PoA 356) *(snip)* "Sirius 
thought it would be - er - amusing, to tell Snape all he had to do 
was prod the knot on the tree trunk with a long stick, and he'd be 
able to get in after me. *(snip)*  Snape glimpsed me, though, at the 
end of the tunnel.  He was forbidden by Dumbledore to tell anybody, 
but from that time on he knew what I was..."  (US PoA 357)

Severus was forbidden by Dumbledore to tell anyone that Remus was a 
werewolf.  He mentioned his theory before going down there.  Lily 
makes a general statement about Severus being obsessed with the 
Marauders at the same time she says she knows his theory.  The theory 
preceeds the Prank, IMO, because she doesn't tie it to the quote 
above.  She ties it instead to the Marauders not using Dark Magic.  
This was merely an accusation of being ungrateful to James for saving 
him.

She also doesn't tell Severus that he was dumb for following Sirius's 
directions, which I think she was not too shy to do if she knew that 
Sirius had set him up to see the werewolf.  Lily Evans does not seem 
to be a shy girl, she speaks her mind.  Can you imagine her 
overlooking Sirius's involvement in the Prank if she knew about it?  
In this same scene, same page, she agrees that James is a "toerag".  
Why would she cut Sirius slack when she doesn't cut James any?

Ceridwen.