Dragons, Produced and Tickled, and Other Pleasantries

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> d> I haven't forgotten what it seemed you  were capable of
> as a young man.  I gave you a second chance just as I
> gave one to Sirius before you. You got a problem with that?
> 
> 

Come, tell us what he was capable of, we're all agog.
Being out after hours is a hanging offence? I really don't think so.

Apart from that - vague assertions by Sirius - with zero proof or evidence.
Mind you, Sirius *might* know - he was brought up in a pure-blood,
supremacist, Dark Magic household. He probably knew more nasty stuff
than Snape; Snape after all was from a family not averse to mixed 
marriages with Muggles. Which boy would be more likely to pick up
evil habits?

> 
> Presumably the school governors knew about Lupin and had approved. 
> It would be far easier for them to deny everything and expel Snape for being
> out of bounds, entering a restricted area after dark and making up stories
> than to admit that they had agreed to harbor a monster on the grounds.
> Snape was a geeky little halfblood weirdo who had about as much chance 
> of making himself believed as Luna Lovegood. Dumbledore might not
> be above pointing that out. Of course *he* wouldn't want Snape expelled,
> but if he lost his place, he wouldn't be in a position to speak up, would
> he?
> 

The Governors almost certainly didn't. 
And Lupin admits that "No other Headmaster would have done so.."
So Snapey was sneaking around and was where he shouldn't have been. 
Yet.. we have an unregistered werewolf, three unregistered animagi,
cavortings around the countryside at full moon and the near-death of a 
student. Would DD involve himself in a cover-up of that lot and place all
the blame on another pupil who just happened to be unpopular? Even
when it was the so-called 'goodies' that had abused his trust?
What a wonderful picture you paint of DD. A lying, hypocritical rat-bag.
Mind you, I've never totally trusted him.

Kneasy