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I just remembered this post.
Wonder what I was cross about last July…sorry again.
Anyrates! The problem with this Pensieve memory is that we don’t know Snape’s inner thoughts, feelings and most of all what made this moment important to him.
The exciting event for Harry was watching his father and Sirius. He didn’t bother to look closely at the paper Snape was focused on. My best guess is whatever was upon that bit a parchment is the true secret he wanted to hide. Not the embarrassing flagpole drama. Lupin did talk about how that jinx happened constantly to everyone during his schooldays and it shouldn’t be considered important at all. Snape’s parchment probably had something critical and wants that information hidden, but not forgotten, since he carefully replaces it back into his mind.
~You know, I like this idea that what ever is on that parchment is indeed the worst memory that Snape is trying to hide. That is such a JKR thing to do isn't it? She has everyone's attention with the confrontation between Lily, James and Sirius that we barely glance at what Snape is doing. It is his memory after all and if Harry had taken the opportunity to stick to Severus he probably would have seen the real reason it was in the Pensieve in the first place.