Snape FP

[Gwen]

Hi, there!

Don't feel bad, Cindy, that the Snape link isn't
working, because I have comments on the new
organization!

I was wondering whether someone was going to ask about
the organization... I agree there didn't seem to be
any particular order to the questions, except for one
thing.

My thought in putting the Task and the Lily questions
first is that those seem overwhelmingly to be the Big
Questions. People ask about them more often than other
questions, as evidenced by the length of their
discussions.

At first I thought that Past, Present, Future made
sense--but then I thought that I wanted to suggest we
move "Snape's Task" to the future. Let's face it,
Porphyria, even though *WE* are enlightened and
realize that it has to do with spying, there is enough
debate on the point to suggest that it's far from a
given that it's a spy game. I wouldn't want anyone to
accuse us of bias... Oh. Hi, everyone... This? Behind
my back? ... Oh, nothing.... 

Anyway. But then I thought, "Well, if we move it to
future, it's *way* down on the list of questions..."
So I thought, reverse it. 

Snape's Future
Snape's Present
Snape's Past

But that of course puts Lily in the same
position--almost last on the list. Furthermore, I
think that the prank question might make more sense
vis-a-vis the other questions about his relationship
with Sirius and Remus.

And then I realised that we specifically note that he
might be going back to spy in the question, so
connecting it to spying would be okay....

Oy. It's a house of cards. There's so much overlap.

How about we look at it in terms of meta-questions and
minor questions? What I mean is, Task, Lily, Vampire,
Teaching, and comparison to the Marauders (or Prank)
seem to be the major focal points in one way or
another for any Snape-related question. What about
organizing around those aspects?

Like this?

Snape the Spy:
Task
Voldemort's suspicion (inc. Quirrell)
Voldmort's trust
Join DE's 
Leave DE's 
Sudden Movement

Snape the Man:
Lily
Love
Vampire/other
Will he die?

Snape the Teacher:
Why Teach
Why HoH
Good Teacher
DADA
Harry/Gryffs (no, these are NOT ship /'s)
Draco/Lucius

Snape the Student:
Prank
Shrieking Shack
Marauders Map
Sirius vs. Snape
Sirius questions (Animagus and innocence)


Does that make more sense? No matter which way we
slice it, the questions and categories overlap. But I
think this one at least gets the Big ideas out there
early on. "Snape the Student" is only because his
relationships with Lupin and Black all stem from their
schooldays (though Lily would too), so it made sense.
It could as easily be "Snape the Outsider" or "Snape
the Snoop" but Student seemed the least judgmental.

Gwen

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