[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's Culpability in the Prank (WAS: James and Sirius)

Bart Lidofsky bartl at sprynet.com
Wed Feb 6 18:16:21 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 181351

Carol wrote:
> So you really think he'd have gone in there if he knew not only that
> his theory was correct but that the werewolf was unconfined and the
> only reason that MWPP could face him without being killed or bitten
> was that they were animagi?
>
> I completely disagree. He'd have had no reason to go in (he no longer
> needed to prove himself right) and every reason to stay out (good old
> Slytherin self-preservation).
There are a few wizards who clearly stand out with their abilities.  
Morty, DD, and Sevvy are certainly three of them. But Morty was a 
charming psychopath, DD was the all-WW boy, and Sevvy was an abused 
nerd. The result was that Sevvy was drawn in by people who wanted to use 
him. But he wanted to make a splash.

My guess is that he thought that the werewolf would be more under 
control; he had no idea that Loopy was controlled by his friends, and 
did not use additional restraints (like the traditional chaining one's 
self to the wall during the transformation). With his abilities, he 
would have no problem protecting himself from a restrained werewolf.

There is a story about a well-known religious teacher. He was staying at 
a hotel in a city where he was to give a lecture. He and a guest were 
looking outside the window, and, below, there was a gang of teenagers 
stripping a car. The teacher told the guest to look at the poetry and 
coordination of the teenagers at their task. At which point he realized 
something.

"Hey, that's MY car they're stripping!"

I suspect that Snape never connected the Death Eaters with the evil they 
did until the evil actually touched him. And even then, he did not 
immediately look past it, which was why DD uncharacteristically put him 
down.

Bart





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