fernwithy has been admirably representing the Lupin-lovers' side, for which I thank her. *g*
More'n welcome. I mostly hang out with Lupin fans; it's been interesting to see a totally different... well, book almost!
I'm blanking on why Sirius *was* there that particular night. Anyone? Bueller?
I would assume it was because he knew it was Halloween and figured it would be a time when the kids were downstairs and the pets were all snugged in their cages. I mean, he went there, too, so he'd know the rhythm.
Snape is in the right, though not for the reasons he thinks. Remus isn't actively helping Sirius, but he's lying to Dumbledore by omission -- not revealing that Sirius is an Animagus, which apparently means he can get past the Dementors. I feel bad for Snape here, the way Dumbledore shuts him down.
I frankly want to know how much Dumbledore suspected. This abrupt a shut-down... it's almost like he's watching and waiting and trying not to trip any alarms. I mean, if Remus was helping Sirius, Snape's idea of putting him under closer surveillance would have served to put him on alert, while the assumption that he was totally trusted would keep him calmer... and doing whatever he was doing.
Snape must know the real reason they're behind, which has nothing to do with Remus.
And how far behind are they? I mean that seriously... the DADA curriculum seems pretty loose. When Umbridge comes in, she does make one legitimate point: they should have learned theory at some point, and ethics, and laws of self-defense. Probably before they started blasting everything in sight with jinxes, or at least concurrently with each jinx ("Here's how to do it, and here's when you should do it, and here's when you shouldn't"). That he's going to the back of the book so early suggests that he really is going far ahead of where the class is supposed to be as well as trying to tip them (read: Harry) off to Lupin.
So... Sirius climbed up to the top of the stands, unnoticed? Seems a little unlikely. Hmmm. Climbed up under them in human form and turned to a dog when he got there? Or maybe dogs regularly come and go. Are pets allowed at Quidditch games? Maybe everyone assumed he was someone's dog.
He seems to gives Lily a chance to save herself. Hm.
This is discussed a lot, and I'm not sure how much weight to put on it. Did he just want to get to the business of killing Harry?
I've been thinking of it in light of the MoM battle in OotP--people have complained about the Death Eaters throwing minor curses like tarantallegra around instead of just AK-ing everyone. Fake!Moody says in GoF that Avada Kedavra requires a lot of magical power. Maybe it also requires a certain amount of "saving up," and if you use it, you have to rest a bit before using it again. We don't see Peter doing much magic after killing Cedric. And Voldemort is very, very powerful, but in the killing scene, he'd just killed James. Maybe if he had killed Lily, he wouldn't have had the strength left to kill his target, Harry?
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More'n welcome. I mostly hang out with Lupin fans; it's been interesting to see a totally different... well, book almost!
I'm blanking on why Sirius *was* there that particular night. Anyone? Bueller?
I would assume it was because he knew it was Halloween and figured it would be a time when the kids were downstairs and the pets were all snugged in their cages. I mean, he went there, too, so he'd know the rhythm.
Snape is in the right, though not for the reasons he thinks. Remus isn't actively helping Sirius, but he's lying to Dumbledore by omission -- not revealing that Sirius is an Animagus, which apparently means he can get past the Dementors. I feel bad for Snape here, the way Dumbledore shuts him down.
I frankly want to know how much Dumbledore suspected. This abrupt a shut-down... it's almost like he's watching and waiting and trying not to trip any alarms. I mean, if Remus was helping Sirius, Snape's idea of putting him under closer surveillance would have served to put him on alert, while the assumption that he was totally trusted would keep him calmer... and doing whatever he was doing.
Snape must know the real reason they're behind, which has nothing to do with Remus.
And how far behind are they? I mean that seriously... the DADA curriculum seems pretty loose. When Umbridge comes in, she does make one legitimate point: they should have learned theory at some point, and ethics, and laws of self-defense. Probably before they started blasting everything in sight with jinxes, or at least concurrently with each jinx ("Here's how to do it, and here's when you should do it, and here's when you shouldn't"). That he's going to the back of the book so early suggests that he really is going far ahead of where the class is supposed to be as well as trying to tip them (read: Harry) off to Lupin.
So... Sirius climbed up to the top of the stands, unnoticed? Seems a little unlikely.
Hmmm. Climbed up under them in human form and turned to a dog when he got there? Or maybe dogs regularly come and go. Are pets allowed at Quidditch games? Maybe everyone assumed he was someone's dog.
He seems to gives Lily a chance to save herself. Hm.
This is discussed a lot, and I'm not sure how much weight to put on it. Did he just want to get to the business of killing Harry?
I've been thinking of it in light of the MoM battle in OotP--people have complained about the Death Eaters throwing minor curses like tarantallegra around instead of just AK-ing everyone. Fake!Moody says in GoF that Avada Kedavra requires a lot of magical power. Maybe it also requires a certain amount of "saving up," and if you use it, you have to rest a bit before using it again. We don't see Peter doing much magic after killing Cedric. And Voldemort is very, very powerful, but in the killing scene, he'd just killed James. Maybe if he had killed Lily, he wouldn't have had the strength left to kill his target, Harry?
Just a random thought I've had.