Foe Glass

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 35762

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jktaylor" <jktaylor at y...> wrote:
> A newbie thought on Snape and the Foe Glass:
> 
> When I first read it, I thought that Snape saw himself in the glass, 
> because he is his own (worst?!?) enemy.  His petulant closed- 
> mindedness has kept him from seeing the truth in the past and may 
> prove to be his downfall in the future.

Oooh, I like that idea!  Not only interesting and full of lovely
irony, but it would also explain Snape's reaction to seeing himself,
assuming he realized what it means.

Overall, I have to admit I'm a little confused about how the Foe Glass
works.  When Crouch/Moody and Harry were in the room alone, how did
the glass know to show Crouch's enemies and not Harry's?  It's not
just a matter of who's looking at it, since Harry himself sees Snape,
Dumbledore and McGonnagal instead of, say, Wormtail and Voldemort (or
Crouch/Moody himself).  By the time Snape looked at it, the room was
full of people, so how did the Glass have *any* idea whose foes it was
supposed to be showing?  Does it have some sort of telepathic ability,
so that it picks up which person in its vicinity is most concerned
about their enemies?

Marina
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