No: HPFGUIDX 39065 My (bright, articulate) twelve-year-old son came up with this one, and I found it intriguing, nor do I remember its ever being discussed before: Would Snape like Harry any better if Harry had been Sorted into Slytherin? (Presumably by choice or at least his own consent.) Have at it . . . --Margaret Dean <margdean at erols.com>