anagrams, snape and animagi

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

No: HPFGUIDX 35982

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "mmgardin" <mmgardin at u...> wrote:

> I do however concede that there are a few references to him 
> swooping around like a bat but I'm choosing to interpret them as a 
> possibility that he is another unregistered animagus (and the form 
> he takes is a bat). 

Kenilworthy Whisp's introduction to Quidditch Through the Ages 
mentions bat animagi (IIRC the adjective was 'rare') as the only 
wizards who can fly without a broomstick or other enchanted object. 

> 3.  I found an few anagrams for potions master that I thought were 
> kind of interesting:  I am potter's son.

You may read posts from people who are convinced that it is deeply 
meaningful that Severus Snape is an anagram of Perseus Evans. I would 
find that meaningful if there were some way to connect Percy Weasley 
to the name Perseus to Perseus Evans/Severus Snape.

[Evans was Lily and Petunia's middle name - the very useful search 
tool at http://www.geocities.com/aberforths_goat/ found the 
Scholastic chat at 
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm as the 
citation for: 
"Q:  Which house was Lily Potter in, and what is her maiden name?
JKR: Her maiden name was Evans, and she was in Gryffindor 
(naturally)."]