Cedric, Snape and carma was re: Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban

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.> Alla: 
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> > Which is of course does not take away from my agreement that Sirius wanted Snape to go to the tunnel, *of course* he did! Why else would he have told him the information? No matter what the intent was, he wanted Snape to go there. Only for me Snape and only Snape who spent days (or maybe months, who knows) obsessing over Shrieking shack and its guest decided his final destiny. 
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> Potioncat:
> Well, both boys bearing the weight of responsibility--that is Sirius is responsible and Severus is responsible  is not mutually exclusive. (I hope that made sense.)

Alla:

Yep and I lost count how many times I said the very same thing in this thread :-) I am objecting to Snape not being responsible at all, because he was you know, forced to go there by Sirius' manipulations, even if Sirius did not tag him along on the chain, or told him that there was Lily there, or staff like that. My god I was worried that this fanfiction thingies will come true.


Potioncat: 
> But I will admit there is something about your argument that has merit. Let me paraphrase---
> All Severus did was tell his boss what he overheard. Severus provided information, it was up to LV to decide if and when and whether to act on it. LV and LV alone is responsible for Lilly's and James' deaths.
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> [If Potioncat was smart, she would stop here--leave well enough alone, but nooooo, she has to plunge ahead.] <SNIP>


Alla:

Sorry, but nowhere in this thread I said anything to make this analogy possible or at least nowhere in this thread I meant to say anything to make this analogy possible.  I hold Sirius firmly responsible for giving information to Snape and I hold Snape responsible for going there.

Same as I hold Snape responsible for giving LV information and for LV choosing to act upon it, which of course he did not have to.