well, actually, that argument that
"Snape brought it on himself because he went there"...
i don't really buy it. not really.
i mean, if you look at it from Snape's point of view, and we don't assume that he believes Sirius Black is capable of murder, then...
he's almost certainly convinced it's a trap. fine, it's a trap. hardly the first time.
he is also almost completely convinced that Lupin is a werewolf, and he knows Lupin is somewhere in there. but he doesn't think Sirius is capable of killing him.
and considering they go there themselves, that means Lupin clearly doesn't attack them.
Snape doesn't know they're Animagi, so he has no idea that's the reason Lupin doesn't hurt them. therefore, as far as he's concerned, either Lupin somehow keeps his senses, or something else is going on, or perhaps he can't get out of there, or something along those lines.
either way, if Lupin really is a werewolf, then Snape will know about it, which means Snape would have something to hold over them.
if it's some kind of prank, then it's a prank in the middle of the night, in a place where they're not supposed to be, and it's serious enough that it might actually end up getting them into trouble.
i just don't think he believed he was walking to certain death. i don't think that was how he imagined the situation at all.
besides, it's actually quite similar to what happened in the first year [1991], when Malfoy arranged a duel but really just set Filch on him instead.
considering Filch, for one thing, i don't think Severus would have expected the Marauders to sic Filch on him, because they themselves were already in Filch's bad books, and, generally speaking, that was never really their style. if anything, that was much more Snape's style.
secondly, if he was convinced Lupin was a werewolf, then Filch turning up might actually have worked in his favour.
but most likely, he was simply expecting some sort of trap. and in that case, even if he ended up at a serious disadvantage, simply making enough noise to draw attention to the fact that the golden Gryffindors were tormenting him in the middle of the night could well have been enough.
so i can't really say he was acting especially foolishly in that situation, or anything like that. to be honest, he acted pretty much the way Harry would have.
i don't consider assuming that one of your classmates wouldn't actually try to kill you to be a sign of stupidity.
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