SS's cruelty/Dorothy Dunnett

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No: HPFGUIDX 13698

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner" 
<bohners at p...> wrote:
 
> IF DOROTHY DUNNETT WROTE THE HP BOOKS...
> ...Harry's glasses would be bifocals.
> ...By four books into the series, Harry would have more scars than 
Mad-Eye
> Moody.
> ...Snape, driven by self-loathing at the cruelty he must show to the
> Gryffindors, would be taking massive doses of opium and ranting in 
his
> sleep.
> and
> ...In the giant chess game at the end of PS, Ron would have DIED.
> 
> (Apologies to those who have no idea what I'm talking about, but I 
couldn't
> resist.) --

Interesting thoughts on Dunnett.  However, if we're going to draw 
parallels between Snape and Francis Crawford, Snape has to quote the 
classics, develop a fashion sense and be more particular about his 
grooming regimen!!

Marianne, who is awfully fond of blond, Scottish bad boys, as well as 
black-haired, wizard bad boys.