Young Snape - H/N - Mrs Figg

[Catlady]

No: HPFGUIDX 15261

Monika wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., MMMfanfic at h... wrote:
> > The curious thing is why didn't the teenage Snape let it slip
> > that  Lupin is a werewolf (snip)
> > There's nothing  Dumbledore can do about it if the
> > teenage Snape didn't keep his word.  Just as there's
> > nothing Dumbledore can do when the Potions
> > Master decide to let all Slytherins know.
> > My theory, totally unsupported by the canon, is that the
> > teenage Snape has some dark secrets of his own and
> > Dumbledore has implicitly
> > blackmailed him into silence.
> I am sure that Dumbledore required silence about Remus
> being a werewolf from everybody who was involved, including
> Snape. (snip)  it wasn't blackmail at all IMHO. Maybe Snape
> actually *had* some dirty little secrets, but I think it didn't
> matter at all and wouldn't have changed anything to
> Dumbledore's decision.

I agree with Monika, but I'll go further: it doesn't matter whether
Severus was the innocent boy who was tricked by Black into breaking a
school rule (curfew) and putting himself in danger, Dumbledore STILL let
him know that if ANYONE among the students, other than the select few he
was bawling out in his office just then, found out about Lupin's
condition, Severus would be expelled, regardless of whether he was the
one who let on and without any reason specified for the expulsion other
than Headmaster's discretion. MMMfanfic seems not to have noticed that
one thing Dumbledore could do to the teenage Snape is expel him, which
(judging from Hagrid's case) could involve breaking his wand and making
it illegal for him ever to do magic again.

For that matter, what Dumbledore could do to the Potions Master is fire
him. "Severus, I regret that someday you must learn that you cannot
always get away with crossing me every time the whim takes you to do
so." If he has to stay at Hogwarts to protect him against vengeful Death
Eaters, that would be a death sentence. Otherwise, only his feelings
would be hurt (as he could get another job). However, Remus insisted on
resigning and leaving even tho' Dumbledore tried to talk him into
staying (I'm not sure if that is in canon or just my impression) and I
suppose Dumbledore decided there was no point to losing a good Potions
teacher in addition to a good Defense teacher.

Stacey wrote:
> Well, I think Neville might very possibly have a bit of a crush on
> Hermione, or develop one in the future. He did ask Ginny to the Yule
> Ball, though -- but maybe that's because he considers Hermione "out
> of his league."

I thought Ginny said that Neville had asked Hermione first, because
Hermione was always helpful to him with school work, but Hermione had
already had a date for the Ball, so Neville asked Ginny as his second
choice (great for her ego, right?). Ron assumed that Hermione didn't
really already have a date for the Ball but had simply lied to avoid
going with Neville.

Pippin said I'm Mrs. Figg. My dusty house smells of cat rather than
cabbage, but I hospitably offered her a choice of chocolate candy left
over from last Easter or from Christmas before last (we hadn't got
around to opening last Christmas's yet, I just opened it last week) and
showed her pictures of Egyptian and Abyssinian cats (relevant to her fic
in progress) in my Breeds of Cats coffee table book.....
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