Snape's Culpability in the Prank (WAS: James and Sirius)

[Tiffany B. Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 181352

> Mike:
>
> Do I get to pick what I wish had happened? I wish Severus would 
have DIED by werewolf and the rest of the Marauders had transfigured 
him into a bone and buried him in Hagrid's garden. See, he's a nasty  
character that is on his way to being a Death Eater, so I can think 
of all sorts of things I'd like to see happen to him. But, alas, we 
wouldn't have a story if that had happened.

Tiffany:

I think a punishmenrt like being transformed & buried in Hagrid's 
yard would've been fitting, but the canon leaves a lot to be desired 
also.  That's something I like, I don't like having everything 
answered because I've talked turkey about Severus's punishment with 
others & the answers vary greatly.  Some feel the canonical outcome 
itself is good enough whereas some wish something more would've 
happened.

> Mike:
> 
> I sense the real distaste here is that the Marauders were marauding 
about with a werewolf, putting other people in possible danger. That 
the Prank looks like an extension of that marauding somehow absolves 
Severus of his responsibility in the Prank. Well, I don't agree. I 
think they are separate issues and I think (but can't say 
definitively) that others have conflated the two. It's JMO, so please 
don't get mad if it's not yours (generic yours).

Tiffany:

I'm with Mike here because the Prank itself was one issue that 
should've been handled separately of the punishment for those 
involved in it.  I never really took a liking to the Mauraders in the 
same way that I did to LV or Snape, but that's just me.  I've always 
had some respect for LV, even though it's diminshed with each book 
more, save his knowledge of the black magic & dark arts arena.  
That's something I'll always give LV his props & be in awe of what 
he's capable of doing.