The neverending Snape discussion.

[Charmian]

No: HPFGUIDX 8614

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> The Snape-Lily-James triangle seems to be considered a fait 
accompli among 
> many fans, but I hope that if we ever do learn why Snape hated 
James so 
> much, it isn't that he was in love with Lily.  That seems 
predictable in a 
> way JKR seldom is.

Count me too in believing that's just too obviously soap-operaish. Of 
course, if book six turns out to be "Harry Potter and the Troubled 
Love Lives of the Older Set," we can barbecue those crows together. 
I think if that were the case, Snape would have mentioned it in 
already to someone, especially when he gets unhinged and rants at 
Sirius in the ending scenes of PoA, the chapter where the caps lock 
key is frequently used. 

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> 
> As for his dislike of James, I look forward to finding out what JKR 
has to 
> reveal about it.  Maybe it was no more than a schoolboy rivalry: JP 
was the 
> brightest student in school, Chaser for an opposing house, and 
(though James 
> is never described as handsome) better looking than Snape.  Reasons 
aplenty 
> for one teenager to hate another.

That could be it too. And plus there's that whole "saved his life 
thing." Plus there's the Draco/Harry parallel that Dumbledore draws, 
so I don't think that it necessarily has to be anything deeper than 
what we already know. Also, I think the theory about Snape having the 
info on Voldemort's murder plans for the Potters, and being too late 
to stop it is interesting. 


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> 
> I like your interpretation, Amanda.  I think one of the new 
thoughts is that 
> he and Harry are on the same side in what is now a fullblown war 
against V.  
> Their relationship has suddenly become much deeper than 
> professor-and-student-who-dislike-one-another.  And Harry has shown 
himself 
> to be a remarkably brave and able ally, braver even than was 
evident from 
> his adventures in PS and CoS.
> 
> We know Harry is re-evaluating Snape along these lines.  I think 
it's going 
> both ways.
> 

Yes. I'm going to be seriously annoyed if Rowling doesn't clear up at 
least some of these Snape mysteries in book five. Come to think of 
it, isn't he the major character we have the most questions about? 

And more Snape questions

1)In PS/SS, why doesn't he just tell Dumbledore his suspicions about 
Quirrel instead of running around after him, doing counterspells, 
threatening him in the forest, etc.? 

2)When Fluffy the Cerberus bites him (gee, Snape and canines just 
don't mix, do they?) why does he need to get bandages instead of just 
healing himself? (Minor wounds seem pretty easy to fix.) Or, going 
for the Marvel No-Prize here, is it because it's an injury from a 
magical beast?

not a question but
3)I thought the scenes with Snape and Lockheart in CoS were amusing. 
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Charmian