Re; What is in the box

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 177093

 
> Alla:
> 
> Right, I am certain as well that he was being an idiot, but besides 
> being extremely curious how he induced Snape to go down to the 
> tunnel and why why Snape listened to him, that is not the whole 
> reason why I would want to read it.
> 
> It is just, I do not know, this whole scene is one of the most 
> intense scenes among many many books I read.

Pippin:
But it was just a great big scarlet fishy after all. :) We should have
known when it got left out of the CTTMNBN. Very intense, but
no life-changing consequences for anyone, except that it
guaranteed that there'd  be  fertile ground for misunderstandings
in the future and coldness between Snape and the ex-Marauders
even when they all knew they were on the same side.

 Much like Draco and Harry these days, I guess. Me, I'd
like to hear Harry explaining to his kids why Mr. Malfoy doesn't
like him..."and that's why I'm always telling you, and I mean
YOU, James, NEVER try out a  spell on a person if you don't
know what it does." <g>


Alla:
> Not only it is intense, it remains for me to be vague even after 
> series ended, meaning that I cannot construct the whole picture in 
> my mind.

Pippin:
We know Snape  wanted to impress Lily, and he wanted to
prove that the Marauders were Up To Something that would get them
expelled and out of his life (and hers.)   I suppose he
thought the tunnel led to an enclosure where the werewolf was
confined. Apparently, it didn't occur to him  that the tunnel
*was* the enclosure where the werewolf was confined. Oops.

Nobody bought Snape's theories about Lupin being a werewolf
because  their idea of werewolves was outlaws like Fenrir Greyback,
big, dangerous and hostile, full moon or not.

Who'd believe that wimpy, sickly, bookish Lupin could turn into a 
full grown monster every month? Well, Snape could, but most 
wizards haven't got an ounce of logic.

Sirius was probably not thinking past the glorious moment
when Snape would wet himself. James probably *was* thinking
more about keeping his friends out of trouble than about
saving Snape. 

But that's all there was to it, IMO. No heroes, no
villains, just a bunch of  kids with more time on their
hands than was good for them. ::sigh:: 

Sometimes we grownups forget how mental teenagers
can be.

Pippin
who still wants to know who was kissing Florence behind the
greenhouses