Re: fanon
(Anonymous)
As for Remus not being 'in on' the attack in SWM - he DOES have the most to lose IF Snape breaks and blurts out his secret.
I can remember thinking that, but I no longer believe it. Let's face it, lycanthropy isn't something you *can* keep secret for long from your employer, landlord and/or neighbours. Whatever Lupin did after Hogwarts, he wouldn't be able to keep a job past the second or third full moon. (The first absences might be ignored as coincidence.) And the more employers he went through, the less "secret" his secret would be. Snape could have shouted it to the world and it wouldn't have significantly worsened Lupin's post-Hogwarts life. The only thing he had to fear was having his Hogwarts career cut short.
But he knew Snape would be muzzled until they both finished school; his lycanthropy was known to Dumbledore and Pomfrey (and probably all the staff, although that is less clear) and it didn't suit them to have his condition exposed. Whereas the other three Marauders were actually engaging in criminal activity by their unregistered transforming, and Rita's susceptibility to Hermione's blackmail suggests that the penalties for that are severe. Plus they were *deliberately* releasing a werewolf at full moon. It seems plausible to me that the penalty for that would be greater than the penalty for merely *being* that werewolf, unless his willing complicity could be proven in court. *He* might be removed from the school on grounds of safety - if Dumbledore decided not to protect him - but *they* could be expelled, turned in to the Aurors, and have their wands snapped.
I now believe that the whole point of the so-called prank was to get Snape off their tails so they could have their full moon outings without being caught (because heaven knows, no one *but* Snape was bothering to keep an eye on them!) Lupin was the one who benefited most from those outings. The other three could roam any night of the month, but Lupin could only accompany them on full moons. (He could hide under the Cloak other nights, but not keep up with their speed.) So discrediting Snape was greatly in Lupin's interest.
It's important to remember (what many people forget) that Lupin was as much a Marauder, ie a rule-breaker and risk-taker, as his friends. I don't think he would have let the risk deter him from something he very much wanted to do. After all, he regularly courted discovery by roaming where people were; why would he fear Snape more than his chance-met victims, whose mouths *couldn't* be stopped by the threat of expulsion?
duj
I can remember thinking that, but I no longer believe it. Let's face it, lycanthropy isn't something you *can* keep secret for long from your employer, landlord and/or neighbours. Whatever Lupin did after Hogwarts, he wouldn't be able to keep a job past the second or third full moon. (The first absences might be ignored as coincidence.) And the more employers he went through, the less "secret" his secret would be. Snape could have shouted it to the world and it wouldn't have significantly worsened Lupin's post-Hogwarts life. The only thing he had to fear was having his Hogwarts career cut short.
But he knew Snape would be muzzled until they both finished school; his lycanthropy was known to Dumbledore and Pomfrey (and probably all the staff, although that is less clear) and it didn't suit them to have his condition exposed. Whereas the other three Marauders were actually engaging in criminal activity by their unregistered transforming, and Rita's susceptibility to Hermione's blackmail suggests that the penalties for that are severe. Plus they were *deliberately* releasing a werewolf at full moon. It seems plausible to me that the penalty for that would be greater than the penalty for merely *being* that werewolf, unless his willing complicity could be proven in court. *He* might be removed from the school on grounds of safety - if Dumbledore decided not to protect him - but *they* could be expelled, turned in to the Aurors, and have their wands snapped.
I now believe that the whole point of the so-called prank was to get Snape off their tails so they could have their full moon outings without being caught (because heaven knows, no one *but* Snape was bothering to keep an eye on them!) Lupin was the one who benefited most from those outings. The other three could roam any night of the month, but Lupin could only accompany them on full moons. (He could hide under the Cloak other nights, but not keep up with their speed.) So discrediting Snape was greatly in Lupin's interest.
It's important to remember (what many people forget) that Lupin was as much a Marauder, ie a rule-breaker and risk-taker, as his friends. I don't think he would have let the risk deter him from something he very much wanted to do. After all, he regularly courted discovery by roaming where people were; why would he fear Snape more than his chance-met victims, whose mouths *couldn't* be stopped by the threat of expulsion?
duj