XPOST: Lupin is Ever So Evil Part One -- The Prank (long)

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, JoAnna Wahlund <pt4ever at y...> wrote:
> 
> Do you honestly think that the Severus Snape we know and love to hate (heh) would lie 
and
> say that the odious Sirius Black was his *friend* under ANY circumstances?   Not to
> mention that the rest of the Hogwarts student body could pipe up and say, "Black and
> Snape HATED each other - they weren't friends at all!"  One such witness = Lily Evans.
> 
> I also wonder if the reason that Snape kept mum was a sort of grudging payback to 
James
> Potter for saving his life.  From what I've read about the Prank, it seems to be that
> SIRIUS was instrumental in setting it up, and perhaps James had no clue what Sirius had
> done until Snape showed up that night.  (I don't have my books handly, though, so I 
could
> be wrong...?)
> 

No, you're right. Apparently James didn't  find out what Sirius had done until
Snapey had already beetled off to the Willow.

However, and be that as it may, it's also apparent that our Potions Maestro
feels no sense of gratitude towards J. Potter Esq. That's more or less self-
evident from the text. Could it be that he thought James was more concerned
with what might happen to Lupin if Sevvy was torn limb from limb? Possibly.
Everybody would be commiserating with Lupin - "it's not your fault, old bean,
you couldn't help it," while Sevvy's mortal remains were carted off to Sprout's
dung heap for composting.

Lie? A little judicious exaggeration, an emphasis in an unexpected direction,
a highlighting of some facts (all in the same year, spirit of comradeship, etc.
ad nauseam etc.) whilst downplaying other aspects ("I hate his guts!). Sure,
why not? It's not so different (except in degree of seriousness) to Malfoy
and his little contretemps with Buckbeak - which got Hagrid in deep trouble.
So what if others like Lily do contradict parts of his heartbreaking tale, it'll 
make no difference to what actually happened. And who would take much 
notice? From what we're told it's James and Sirius that strut the corridors
hexing anyone that annoys them, not Snape.

Kneasy