[HPforGrownups] Snape as Head of Slytherin, wand woods, the Dursleys

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Littlered wrote:
>Does anyone find it odd that someone as young as Snape (early to mid 30's
according to interviews with JK, and the fact that he went to school with
James)

Actually, no.  What if he's the only Slytherin teacher in Hogwarts?  It's a
possibility, you have to admit.  I'm also working under the assumption that
HoHs have to come from that particular house, like McGonagall and
Gryffindor (PS/SS 16).  Assuming I'm correct, I don't see any problems with
a thirty year old becoming HoH.


Margaret wrote:
>Tangential to this:  assuming that Snape's fundamental loyalty
=is= to Dumbledore (which as a Snapefan of sorts, I do tend to
assume), I wonder if he and Dumbledore actually have an
"understanding" that if anything does happen to Dumbledore, Snape
=will= become Headmaster, therefore letting the DE's and LV think
they have achieved a victory when they in fact haven't.  Can you
imagine how horrified the Trio would be?  :)

The shock will be great, I bet.  But then, LV seems to know that Snape has
'left them forever'.  That leaves Lucius as the clueless one.  Still, if
Snape does become Headmaster (whoa!), how long can he hold out against the
Dark Forces?  I'm pretty sure he's not in the same league as Dumbledore and
LV.

And no, I just remembered.  It seems McGonagall seems to be the
next-in-line.  She's currently Deputy Headmistress, and she did take over
for a short while when Dumbledore was, um, "sacked", back in CS.


kichong wrote:
>Lily Evans Potter's wand: Willow.  The Chinese bodhisattva Guan-Yin 
holds a willow twig in her hand that symbolizes sacrifice and cycle 
of life and death.

Yep, I'm familiar with Guanyin, I've read a translation of "Journey to the
West" (fascinating).  To bring everyone up to speed, Guanyin (in Journey)
is a protector of sorts to the story's protagonist (the Monkey King), a
lesser god coming in aid of mortals.  How this relates to Lily Evans Potter
is anybody's guess, but I thought it wouldn't hurt you to know.

Slightly off-topic: don't you people ever get the feeling that we're being
a bit more thorough with our analysis than we should be?  But don't get me
wrong, I'm fascinated by all of this.


Sandi wrote:
>I would love for the Weasleys to adopt Harry, but for some reason I 
don't see him leaving the Dursleys.  Why would Dumbledore keep Harry 
there, in those horrible conditions, for his enitre childhood if 
there wasn't some purpose in it?  And I don't totally buy the idea 
that Harry just could not have handled fame as a child and was 
therefore better off growing up with his only muggle relatives.  
There really must be something else to it.  

I think this has something to do with that hint I read a loooong time ago
that there will be a character in the book that will learn magic late in
life.  The only prominent muggles I know are the Dursleys.  Oh God Forbid,
DUDLEY?

Besides, I totally agree with the popular notion that the Dursley's
residence and Magnolia Cresent is magically protected in more ways than one.


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