Snape and Parseltongue (wasRe: Wands with no spells)

[Tanya]

No: HPFGUIDX 48083

Roo said:
I don't have my book with me, but after Harry leaves the Duelling
Club, and Hermione and Ron are explaining the concept, Harry
says something like, "I suppose heaps of people here can do it",
to which one of them replies, "No, it's a very rare gift". So it isn't
surprising that Malfoy is *not* a Parselmouth, and neither does it
say that Slytherin looked for Parseltongue in prospective
students- he probably didn't, seeing as it s a very rare gift.
As for Snape's reaction, I think this was a reaction similar to the
rest of those present, except that Snape isn't exactly the
hysterical type.
Now, there are probably those who believe that Snape was
instructed by Dumbledore to do something like this, in order to
reveal Harry's talent, but I won't go into that.


Me: Though it wasn't mentioned in that section of the book, Dumbledore later
tells Harry that he has qualities that Salazar admired in his students
including his own special gift of Parseltongue. I assume that means he
favored his own relations as I don't believe anyone else had the gift.

As far as Snape goes, I don't think he suspected Harry of being a
Parselmouth and didn't seem all to pleased at this discovery either. I do
believe that Snape mentors Draco on-the-side similar to the way Lupin
mentored Harry and that Draco was already proficient with this spell. At
this point, Snape just had to tell Draco what to do not how to do it.
-Tanya



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