student!Snape keeping Lupin's secret (was Re: Sirius as a dog)

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No: HPFGUIDX 181115


> > Leah:> 
> > Far from enabling Snape to 'lord it' over the Marauders, being 
> > forbidden to tell puts Snape in a very awkward position vis a 
vis 
> > Lily, because he can not explain to her what actually  happened 
in 
> > the Prank, ie Sirius played a trick which would have killed 
Snape 
> or 
> > turned him into a werewolf, and he can not warn Lily that he was 
> > right in his suspicions of Lupin.  He is struggling with this in 
> his 
> > memory of talking with Lily in 'The Prince's Tale'.

Alla:

It did not read to me that he was struggling much. More like he was 
almost flat out telling Lily. And maybe what actually happened in 
addition to Sirius telling Snape how to get in was Snape knowing 
full well that he will see werewolf there and going there anyways.



> >Leah:   
> > Since we are told that the potion is very complex and dangerous, 
> > Snape could presumably cause Lupin some discomfort, at least, 
each 
> > month, by a small 'slip' of the hand, but by Lupin's own 
testimony 
> > to Harry, the potion is made 'perfectly'.   Not very sadistic.

Alla:

Oh, I do not know. Snape insisting Lupin drink the potion in front 
of him stroke me as quite sadistic. IMO of course. But of course he 
was making perfect potion. If Dumbledore forced him to keep Lupin's 
secret years ago, I will not be surprised if Dumbledore forced him 
to promise to make perfect potion. I think he tried his hardest to 
have his sadistic fun and follow DD's orders too.

 
> Potioncat:
> On the night of The Seven Potters, he will risk his cover to 
protect 
> Lupin. That's as bad as Harry's Expelliarmus on Stan.
>


Alla:

Sure, that he absolutely did. At least he learned something at the 
end of his life if you ask me. I hope Lupin did too learn something 
before he died.

Alla