More Snape topics

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<snipp> 
> I don't think he dislikes her, just seems to think little of her. 
As 
> for Dumbledore, I read it as him remembering one of the few times 
he 
> interacted personally with her, and being sad over her untimely 
> death. 

Ah, but remember that Dumbledore didn't know the Bertha was dead 
yet.  She was *missing*.  Dumbledore said -- 'But why did you follow 
him in the first place?' and makes it sound as though it was a huge 
mistakes.

>I personally received the impression that 
> Voldemort was using a very archaic spell, because we rarely see 
> people recite things over potions, but that has no basis in canon. 
It is a potion -- a horrible scene with him rising from the cauldron -
-naked.  Voldie said so himself that he could only come back using a 
Potion because every spells needs a wand.
 
> <snip>
> > Now, remember Neville's Boggart?  The most horrible and 
frightening 
> > thing ever happen to Neville was the torture of his parents.  
Okay, 
> > Snape can be intimidating but Neville's fear is unnatural.  What 
if 
> > Snape was present on the night the Longbottoms were tortured and 
> > Neville knows it, subconsciously?  Was he there to save Neville 
or 
> is 
> > he just a plain evil man pretending to be good to save his own 
skin?
> 
> Hmmm. The incident with Neville's parents happened post-Voldemort's 
> fall. I'd have to think that Snape, even if evil, was pretty 
foolish 
> to get involved at that point. But as for fear, I don't think he 
> "fears" his parents' torturers coming after him. It could be that 
> while traumatized, he regards this as a sad illness of theirs, 
rather 
> than feeling anxiety over the return of the DEs; after all, most of 
> the wizarding world thinks that Voldy's gone for good. It seems 
that 
> Snape is just the person right now causing the most anxiety to 
> Neville. 

True but it is an interesting and fun theory anyway.  BTW, all 
credits belong to larkin4 over at UHPFC.  Personally, I think the 
memory charm and bad memory part would be true.  Not quite sure about 
the Boggarts and Snape.