snape;s boggart - was Dementors - Boggarts

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 17420

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Morag Traynor" <moragt at h...> wrote:

> Rita wrote
> > [Snape's boggart would be] himself being evil or being weak.
> > That would have to be, as you said,a more abstract Boggart like
> > Hermione's, rather than seeing himself as in a mirror... What 
> > would he SEE to indicate, for example, having gone back to the 
> > Dark Side?

> And what would he see in the Mirror of Erised?  Himself, wearing
> the Order of Merlin (First Class) and Harry, on bended knee, 
> thanking him for showing him the error of his ways...?

I can't disagree with your Mirror Erised theory, except I'd like to 
think it would include having his True Love with him. Who could 
appear in the Mirror even if heesh is dead in real life as some 
theorize.

While I was out this evening, it occured to me that Snape's Boggart 
might take the shape of the Mirror of Erised reflecting ... Snape 
fawning on Voldemort, or helping Lucius torture Dumbledore, or 
himself breaking under torture....

Boggarts aren't in FB. Are they Beings or Spirits? Do they need to 
know about the Mirror of Erised in order to use it in their 
attempts to scare?