Hedgehogs/ Snape and Muggles/ Weasley naming schemes

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Tabouli:
> Debbie:
> > I'm a bit suspicious of the twins in general, and think Fred in 
> particular is quite self-centered<
> 
> Ooo!  The twins are Ever So Evil?  Where are the hedgehog hunters?
> 

Here, and ever at the alert!
Let's just say we've got their cards marked. My personal feeling at the 
moment is that the twins are OK, but then I haven't analysed them in the 
detail that some others have. I am aware of aspersions being cast in their 
direction before and have their names filed in the section marked, 'Ones to 
Watch'. Meanwhile, I'd better go back and look up the discussions about the 
twins.

BTW, returning to that potentially nefarious amphibian, Trevor, has anyone 
ever suggested that his constant efforts to escape may be inspired by a 
desperate need to get back to a hen's egg he's trying to hatch?

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Back to Snape (wither all roads seem to lead, round here!)

Alina:
>Isn't it possible that another reason that Snape hates Hermione is 
>that she is a "Mudblood". Whilst we do not know why Snape became a DE 
>or why he chose to recant, there must surely have been some aspect of 
>the "ideology" that appealed to him. Of course, it might have been 
>pure hatred of the marauders, or dissatisfaction with Dumbledore, but 
>Voldemort's message might also have driven the young Dark Arts 
>fanatic.

>Snape might have seen the error of his ways, but that does not 
>automatically mean he sees Muggle-born wizards as the equals of 
>Purebloods.

This may be true, but if it is, he keeps his prejudice well-hidden. We know 
he doesn't like fools, or those he perceives as such, we know he doesn't 
trust werewolves, we know he carries grudges against individuals. But we have 
*never* heard him utter a word that suggests he despises someone because of 
his/her birth. At the risk of sounding like Hermione, I don't think 
Dumbledore would employ someone who was tarred with the muggle-hating brush. 
Many other faults he overlooks, but that fundamental ideological difference 
would be too much IMHO.

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On the subject of Weasley naming schemes (very interesting post Mecki, and so 
brave of you to talk like that, my heart goes out to you), just out of 
interest, it was only some time after the birth of my third child that 
someone asked if it was intentional that they had names beginning  A, E, and 
I (in that order). In fact it was co-incidence, we'd never noticed. Now I 
have to confess that it was in the back of my mind when number 4 came along 
and <cringe> she's an 'O', but only because we also really like the name (if 
she'd been a boy, she'd have been a 'C'). No, before you ask, the set is 
*not* going to be completed.

Eloise
(who attended a Eucharist yesterday presided over by a priest wearing 
chasuble and stole adorned with phoenixes, something I've never seen before.)


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