Sirius - Snape & McGonagall - Draco's pants
Amy Z
aiz24 at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 21 20:27:35 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 14878
Monika wrote:
>But this raises another question: doesn't anyone find it strange that
>he was supposed to be Voldy's second in command if he was only
>21 or 22 in 1981?
Good point. I think we hear the "You-Know-Who's right hand man" thing
from Stan Shunpike, no? Or is it from Fudge?
If the former, I think it might not be fact, but the embellishment of
legend. Stan, who is too young to remember the actual event, got the
story many times removed, and he's laying it on thick for Harry.
Oops, I mean Neville.
Someone correct me if my memory's failing...it frequently does.
Magda wrote:
>But the kids in other houses aren't being trained in the proper
>manner. Their heads of houses don't appreciate the school like he
>does, don't understand that you can't just let the kids have fun,
>they're there to work and besides it's absolutely sickening the way
>all the other teachers fawn over the FAMOUS Harry Potter - the
>WONDERFUL Harry Potter - the POPULAR Harry Potter - is this any way
>to run a good school?
LOL, Magda! I think you're right on, and the more I think about it, I
bet Snape finds this particularly galling with McGonagall. My take on
the two of them is that they have a lot of respect, and probably
liking, for each other (no, I'm not proposing a ship). They are both
very strict, they are passionate about their subjects and are
(arguably) excellent teachers, they have those monthly Heads of Houses
meetings over lunch (plus the Heads of the Only Two Houses That Merit
Any Attention meetings in between), and we see those great moments of
backing each other up vs. Lockhart in CoS and vs. Fudge in GoF. I
think they are both devoted to Dumbledore and to Hogwarts. I imagine
them having a mostly friendly rivalry about Quidditch and the House
Cup that had degenerated somewhat under the strain of six straight
Slytherin wins.
But anyway, the point is, Snape regards McGonagall as an ally in the
Battle Against Declining Standards, and in my imagination, as his
closest friend at Hogwarts. So he must be really, really upset when
she, of all people, bends the rules into a veritable pretzel to put
WONDERFUL Harry Potter on the Quidditch team. Not only does he have
to relive having his House's butt kicked by a Potter (okay, I'm
extrapolating; we don't know for a fact that James ever beat
Slytherin), but he is now the =only= teacher in this school who really
respects the rules. And then she doesn't even expel him and Weasley
when they fly a car to school. Et tu, Minerva?
Cassie wrote:
> I do believe that the number of pairs of leather pants Draco has
>in canon continues to stand at zero.
Oh yeah? And how do you know? Has anyone ever looked inside his
trunk?
Face it, Cassie, you have unleashed a monster. We're not consigning
leather-pants-Draco to fanfic willingly.
>Amanda, who for some reason had inordinate trouble typing
>"psychoanalyst"
=stroking chin= Now, zat is very significant, Ms. Levanski . . .
Amy Z
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"Your father thinks very highly of Mad-Eye
Moody," said Mrs. Weasley sternly.
"Yeah, well, Dad collects plugs, doesn't he,"
said Fred quietly, as Mrs. Weasley left the room.
"Birds of a feather."
-HP and the Goblet of Fire
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