Headmaster for a day (was Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

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> Montavilla47:
> It's hard for me to remember back to whether I ever found Snape's
> story entirely convincing.  I always figured that Snape was putting 
his
> own spin on things and that Lupin's story was the most objective.

Potioncat:
Do you remember where we find Snape's story? Book and chapter? 
There's conversation about James's real motive for saving his life 
that Snape has with Harry; and there's the conversation with DD in 
PoA when the kids are sleeping in the Great Hall.

 
 Montavilla47
> I never thought that Snape was entirely innocent or that he went
> into the tunnel without a suspicion that Lupin was a werewolf.  The
> question in my mind has always been--did he think he could
> handle the werewolf because of hubris, or did he think that Lupin
> was under further restraint?  Or was he too distraught (for whatever
> reason) to think?  Or... in an extreme Snupin sense, did he think 
> the werewolf might be more... er... cuddly?


Potioncat:
Odd isn't it, years later, the only restraint he's using on pre-wolf 
Lupin is magic rope. 

Snupin...too funny. I haven't seen that combined form in a while.

Montavilla47 
> I think one of the reasons this always becomes such a "tennis match"
> for readers is that a lot of us fly to the edges of the argument, 
> assuming bad intentions from either Sirius or Snape--which somehow
> makes the one with the bad intentions wrong.  But that doesn't
> make the other one right.

Potioncat:
Absolutely! And sort of what I was getting at with this game. I 
started my own version and found out it wasn't so easy or very 
revealing. And, afterall, my bias did come out. still working on it, 
not sure if I'll post.
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