Snape: Vampire vs. Dementor

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 37436

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> Eloise asked:

> You want *more* canon?  Boy, this is a tough crowd.  Well, OK.  One 
> troubling thing about GoF is that the dementor sucks out Crouch
Jr.'s 
> soul, and Snape does not conjure a patronus to prevent this.  Snape 
> seems to have been quite talented at Dark Arts, having arrived at 
> Hogwarts knowing quite a number of curses.  Yet Snape doesn't ward 
> off the dementor, even though Snape should appreciate the importance 
> of keeping Crouch Jr. alive to give testimony.  And why is that?  
> Because Snape *can't* conjure a patronus because he's half-dementor; 
> it would finish him for sure.  

So is McGonagall half-dementor, too?  She didn't conjure one either.
;-)

My theory is that Snape can't conjure a patronus because he can't
dredge up a sufficiently happy memory (<sob>just breaks your heart,
don't it?).  Of course, that still leaves the problem of McGonagall...

No, as superbly original as SLAPDASH is, I think I'll stick with
D.A.R.T.H.S.N.A.P.E: Dark, Angry, Resentful, Totally Human Severus --
Normal Angst is Plenty Enough.

Marina
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