[HPforGrownups] Re: Beastly little Snape note

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No: HPFGUIDX 37810

Pippin:
> Hmm....Aunt Marge is definitely an animal person (twelve dogs!) 
> and Draco has his eagle owl. Snape does have all  those slimy 
> things in jars, but they're all dead, presumably, and it's not clear 
> that they're animals, is it? 

That eagle owl. Do we assume that this is the eagle owl that swoops over 
Hagrid's hut towards the end of GoF? Is it the eagle owl that in Harry's 
dream/ vision transports the Faithful Servant's news to Voldemort?
Does it imply that the Malfoys are involved in facilitating communication 
between Voldemort and Crouch/Moody? It seems a bit of a coincidence that the 
only eagle owl connections we are given (IIRC) are to the Malfoys and 
Voldemort.
Or is it just that eagle owls are the Dark Side's messengers of choice? I had 
assumed that Draco had one because it was perceived as aristocratic.

Pippin
>Hmm....Aunt Marge is definitely an animal person (twelve dogs!) 
>and Draco has his eagle owl. Snape does have all  those slimy 
>things in jars, but they're all dead, presumably, and it's not clear 
>that they're animals, is it? 

And Voldemort has his snake! I'm not sure that owning an animal per se is a 
recommendation in the Potterverse. The characteristics of the pets/ 
associated animals may be more significant.

Eloise


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