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."
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