PoA Chapter 14 Summary

[*Lilith Morgana*]

No: HPFGUIDX 20505

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lyda Clunas" <lydaclunas at x> wrote:
> Well, I know that I'm posting this a day early, but I'm going
> out of town this week, and I wanted to make sure I was able to read 
> and respond to some of the replies before I leave. :) So, here you 
go.
> 

Ooooh, my favourite chapter from the book and possibly also from the 
entire HP verse! Good summary and *gasp* interesting questions. Let's 
get started. 

> 
> Questions and Ruminations:
> 
> 1) Snape's Grudge: Is it simply a long-standing hatred for
> James' arrogance and a powerful jealousy about Quidditch? Is it 
> really all about the prank that MWPP pulled during their years at 
> Hogwarts? Or, as most of us suspect, is there something more? (Open 
> Season on Snape/Lily. Have at it.)

Believe me, it's more to it than an old schoolboy prank. There must 
be. I think we are going to get more secrets about Snape revieled in 
the near future, and those things will probably be of great 
importance. But on the other hand- you can hold grudges for a long 
time, and out of no reason in particular. 
I won't risk to get half of the list against me by saying this, but I 
also think that *if* Snape is a vampire, that might have something to 
do with the whole hatred. Maybe Potter and friends knew and told 
someone? It doesn't have to be Severus who's the baddie...
  
> 
> 2) It's insinuated that Snape knows perfectly well who Messrs.
> Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are. So, why doesn't he 
question
> Lupin straight out, rather than being so indirect? 

I don't see that he's got a reason to it. He cannot know for sure 
that Lupin gave the map to Harry and without proof it can easily turn 
out the wrong way and Snape wouldn't be someone who wants to risk 
that. And I do believe that the teachers at Hogwarts, no matter what 
they might think about each other, keep a polite and mature 
atmosphere while discussing in front of the students. Besides- it's 
tricky and touchy stuff with Sirius Black being one of the Four, and 
it just seems unlikely that Snape would risk anything in this 
situation. 
Besides, if Lupin knows about that vampire secret, Snape would rather 
show up in the Great Halls dressed like Neville's grandmother, than 
get his vampirism brought up to daylight! He wouldn't provoke him. 

> 
> 7) Who lives in Hogsmeade, aside from the shop owners, and what do 
> they do?

I believe that witches and wizards of all kinds live there, just like 
any other town. There are probably more to Hogsmeade than the shops. 


Lilith Morgana
---who must admit that she tends to find the vampire theory 
unbelievable but very good to explain holes in the Severus Snape 
Background with...---