Foe Glass

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 35792

jktaylor wrote:
> > ...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.

I like the idea that Snape is his own worst enemy (although I don't 
think that's why he saw himself in the foe-glass.)  However, I see 
Snape's being has own worst enemy more in terms of being too hard on 
himself.  (Sigh, my poor tortured Snape.)

Then Marinafrants asked: 
> Overall, I have to admit I'm a little confused about how the Foe 
> Glass works...   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? 

My theory is, the Foe Glass has to be "set" with a spell that selects 
whose foes to show.  So, when Crouch Jr. kidnapped Real!Moody, Crouch 
Jr. changed the settings on the Foe glass to show his foes, not 
Moody's.  (Presumably, Crouch himself was Moody's biggest foe at the 
moment.)  After all, Real!Moody is there in the room w/Crouch Jr. the 
whole time, so why else wouldn't the Foe Glass show Real!Moody's foes?

This still leaves the question of why Snape sees himself in the Foe 
Glass, and presumably not Dumbledore and McGonagal.  Perhaps, when 
Crouch Jr. was stunned, Dumbledore and McGonagall's thoughts turned to 
other things, like "Who is this guy and why does he look like Moody?" 
 Since they had no desire for further attacks on Crouch Jr., the glass 
didn't pick them up as foes.  Perhaps Snape, being in his usual mood, 
was supressing an urge to beat the &%*$#^% out of Fake!Moody and 
therefore still showed up as a foe.

Judy, who is supposed to be frantically memorizing ancient religious 
texts right no