Prank WAS: Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

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No: HPFGUIDX 184917

Pippin:
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 If you will
> acknowledge that Sirius was deceitful, that he intended for Snape to
> put himself in a dangerous situation and that he had contributed
> significantly to creating the circumstances under which Snape would
> think he had something to gain by doing so, I really do not care
> whether you call that a set-up or not. 

Alla:

Was deceitful? Totally - he concealed that they are animagi. Intended 
for Snape to put himself in dangerous situation - **absolutely**, 
whether he wanted to play a joke on Snape and wanted to scare him, 
which is what I believe, or even if he in his mind wanted Snape dead, 
which is what I do not believe.

But **contributed
> significantly to creating the circumstances under which Snape would
> think he had something to gain by doing so**? No I would never agree 
with this proposition. I can certainly agree that he enabled Snape to 
do what Snape already wanted to do, but nothing more than that.

JMO,

Alla