James and Sirius as Bullies (WAS: student!Snape keeping Lupin's ...)

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 181190


> Mike:
> I'll give you my analogy. It's like one thief (Sirius) robbed a house 
> and gave the house key he had to a second thief (Severus). The first 
> thief knows the owner is in there with a shotgun. The second thief 
> doesn't know that for sure, but suspects it. But the second thief 
> figures if the first thief got away with it, he can too. The first 
> thief failed to mention that he had previously ascertained that the 
> owner was out of ammunition when he robbed the place. So, is it the 
> first thief's fault if the second thief gets shot trying to rob the 
> house? I doubt the authorities will look at it that way.
> 
> "But Professor Dumbledore, Sirius Black told me how to get past the 
> Willow." 
> "Yes Severus, we've established that. Now how exactly did that force 
> you to go down there?"

Montavilla47:
Cool analogy, Mike, but I think it's more like this.

One thief (Sirius) robbed a house, and Severus is pretty sure that 
he did it.  However, the really hot Police Detective (Lily) who is 
attracted to the thief's fellow thief (James) refuses to believe 
Severus because there's no evidence and Police Detectives (whether
they are hot or not) *never* believe the guy with the right theory.

So, the thief hands Severus a key, having ascertained that the owner
has ammunition, which wasn't really a problem because the thief
had a bullet-proof vest.  So, Severus goes in there to find the 
evidence to convince the hot Police Detective, figuring that if the 
first thief could get and out without getting shot at, then it's 
probably not that dangerous.  Which is not very smart, because
any intelligent home owner would try to keep his home safe 
from a second break-in.