[HPforGrownups] Re: Wands with no spells

[Lynx412 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48030

In a message dated 12/9/02 10:01:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
melclaros at yahoo.com writes:


> Snape's snake-vanishing spell? Well maybe he has to do that on a regular 
> basis, or perhaps he just used a similar very basic "clean up" spell--one 
> which must get A LOT of use in his classroom. At least since Neville's been 
> enrolled.

       Actually, I find that whole snake spell interesting. My impression is 
that Snape told Malfoy to use it, gave him the incantation right there. He 
wanted to panic Harry. Instead, he reveals Harry's abilities as a 
Parseltongue. It also produces Snape's most interesting reaction to Harry 
yet... "Snape, too, was looking at Harry in an unexpected way: It was a 
shrewd and calculating look, and Harry didn't like it."

       Snape triggered that whole bit...and got a different reaction than he 
intended. Which begs the question...is Snape a Parseltongue? And, for that 
matter, why isn't Malfoy, whose whole family has been in Slytherin for 
generations. Isn't Parseltongue one of the things Slytherin himself looked 
for in his students?

       Cheryl




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