True--Personally, I never think of James' saving Snape to have anything to do with James risking his life just because I don't imagine that being the important part of it. It seems much more like the Shack with Harry--the important part was that he stepped in and said, "No, let's not do this." Partly because it's just hard to come up with a scenario where James had to risk his life since he was an animagus. If he refused to transform to keep his secret that would be his choice, just as Remus chose to keep it secret in PoA despite thinking it put Harry in danger. Clearly that wouldn't be about doing what was right but loyalty again.
Still, it's hard to believe that Dumbledore being the all-knowing person he is often hinted at being wouldn't have been able to easily find out what they were up to if he'd made the least bit of effort. I do think he'd have suspected it because a) he's Dumbledore and always suspects the right things b) he knows these boys and c) it's hard to believe they were all that discreet. If you're going to nickname yourselves, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs," and have conversations like, "One, he's wearing my clothes..." how secret was it?
Obviously for the plot it needed not to be known so I can accept that, but thinking realistically I do find myself assuming that Dumbledore did a lot of looking the other way and Snape picked up on it.
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Re: I continue to obsess over the prank...
Date: 2004-11-18 09:53 am (UTC)Still, it's hard to believe that Dumbledore being the all-knowing person he is often hinted at being wouldn't have been able to easily find out what they were up to if he'd made the least bit of effort. I do think he'd have suspected it because a) he's Dumbledore and always suspects the right things b) he knows these boys and c) it's hard to believe they were all that discreet. If you're going to nickname yourselves, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs," and have conversations like, "One, he's wearing my clothes..." how secret was it?
Obviously for the plot it needed not to be known so I can accept that, but thinking realistically I do find myself assuming that Dumbledore did a lot of looking the other way and Snape picked up on it.