Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Pron

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 190510


> Alla:
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> See I was all set to stop because I thought your last post had me nothing to argue with, I mean, I am thinking that Snape going to kill Lupin was reasonable speculation, but sure I know it is not a fact, but I think Snape absolutely expected to see a werewolf, and maybe unrestrained one, maybe he wanted to be a hero and restrain him or something, but I  am convinced he knew that there will not be just some trick there, but a werewolf one.
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Pippin:
Lily knew all of Snape's theories, and it didn't even occur to her that it could have been Lupin under the willow. That's how unlikely it is. A werewolf is not going to be behind a door that opens with a simple trick -- it would be like breaking  into Fort Knox with a hairpin. 

I wonder if she ever found out?

 In any case, saying that Sirius set Snape up in no way absolves Snape of responsibility for his rule-breaking, any more than it clears someone of a murder charge to say that someone else helped him do it. 

They don't seem to have attorneys at criminal trials in the wizarding world. I'm not sure they have lawyers at all...maybe it's considered too mundane an occupation for a wizard.  

The procedures at Harry's hearing are more Alice in Wonderland than Law & Order, IMO. Albus declares himself a witness for the defense, although he didn't witness anything, and then calls in Mrs. Figg as a witness summoned by the accused although Harry didn't summon her. 

But considering the way juries in the WW decide things, it would be a question of whether the defense could make the image of charming, loyal, promising Sirius prevail over  the image of the swaggering, scheming, unrepentant bully.  That might be a tall order.  The arrogant ways that so impressed Sirius's classmates wouldn't go over well in court. 

But we don't have to decide which one was the real Sirius...they both were. That is JKR's point.

Pippin