James's house - curiosity - Snape - owls - SHIP

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 12149

Star wrote:

>I don't think that they would have been in Hufflepuff nor Ravenclaw

Why not?  

This is the big question.  Slytherin would be very interesting, but I 
think it's very, very unlikely that James was a Slytherin because 
Hagrid wouldn't have bashed Slytherin to Harry without adding "of 
course, your dad was the exception."

The best evidence I know is JKR's added "of course" when asked Lily's 
house.  If Lily-the-Gryffindor was an "of course," presumably James 
was too.  Sirius and Remus are still up in the air though.  They 
could've been in H or R.

BTW, how does everyone know Hagrid was a Gryffindor?  Is it from the 
same interview, or is it in the books?

Neil wrote (*terrific* summary and Snape bio, Neil!):

> (2) "Curiosity is not a sin ... but we should exercise caution with
our
> curiosity," says message-of-the-day-Dumbledore.  Would Harry find
> something he didn't want to know if he dug too deeply?

(a) probably.  The place is swarming with unpleasant secrets about 
Harry, so no doubt there are more in store for him/us.

(b) Bertha Jorkins and her 'satiable curiosity is one of the people on 
Dumbledore's mind, so he's thinking about how curiosity can literally 
get you killed.

For his part, Harry doesn't pry into who's kissing whom behind the 
greenhouse, but his inability to resist investigating mysteries has 
certainly come close to getting him killed before now.  So I'd be 
worried about him if I were AD.

Neil also wrote:

>Snape was revealed as a double agent before Lily was killed. 

How do we know this?  

IF Snape is the spy who told Dumbledore that V was going after the 
Potters--favored theory of many--then he was probably in V's pay until 
after (or immediately before) they died.  This isn't a sure thing, 
because V might have been plotting against them for a long time before 
Halloween '81.  But it seems likely to me.

>(4) How far can we stretch the Harry `point of view' thing?  Let's 
>face it Snape really is nasty and he really does have it in for 
>Harry, but why was Hagrid so convinced Snape would not harm a 
>student?

I think Hagrid is damning Snape with faint praise here.  It doesn't 
exactly show deep trust in a teacher to assert that he wouldn't kill a 
student.

>(6) As Harry puts it: "I just want to know what Snape did with his 
>first chance, if he's on his second one."

Oh, you know--levitated Muggle children, killed a few people, that 
sort of thing.  When Harry makes this comment he doesn't know Snape 
was a DE.  Now, he knows, we know, and so the question is answered.

Monika Z wrote:

>Another of my pet theories is that Snape hates James so much because 
>Potter saw him panic during the "joke" incident.

Cassie has a *great* take on this incident in Draco Sinister (with 
echoes down to the Harry/Draco relationship).  Plug, plug, no shame 
because I didn't write it.

Re: NeilasSnape pic:  Alan Rickman, move over!  We have our Snape!  
(Except:  do you really think Snape wears glasses, or is that just 
you?)

Catlady wrote to Meredith:

>Having noticed your edress, were you planning to follow an owl to 
>Sirius in a light plane?

Meredith, you could offer this service...I bet Carole would pay real 
money for a plane ride to Sirius's hideout. <bg>

Mo wrote:

>However, the R/H types of various ages with varying 
>levels of education will continue to argue that there is no H/H 
subtext. <vbg>

This R/H type (32 years old with too many degrees) admits to seeing a 
very, very subtle H/H subtext.  Very subtle.  Almost nonexistent.

Amy Z, D.W.P. (Doctor of Wizard Psychology)
a.k.a. "Ron's therapist"

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storm-tossed, fathoms-deep lake and pushed out of it 
gain by a giant sea monster.
                       --HP and the Goblet of Fire
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