[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and the Boggart class

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47452

Amanda:
> Beth said
> 
> > When I the boggart scene I felt Snape had another reason entirely for
> > leaving the room quickly. There is no way that Severus Snape would
> > want his greatest fear revealed to his students, or anyone else for
> > that matter. It doesn't really matter what Snape Theory you subscribe
> > to for this to be true. Whether his biggest fear was Voldemort, a
> > dementor, Crouch as a MOM judge, or anything else you can imagine it
> > would reveal too much about him for Snape, or JKR, to want it out in
> > the open at this point.
> 
> Brilliance. Absolutely. I don't remember anyone ever suggesting this before
> (apologies if you have, I can't keep up with everything anymore), and it
> makes wonderful, perfect sense.
> 
> 

It does and it ties in very well with an argument Porphyria once used when we 
were discussing why Snape apparently dropped out of protecting Harry and the 
Stone at the end of PS/SS. Part of it was that he couldn't risk facing the 
Mirror of Erised as he couldn't risk revealing his deepest desire (even to 
himself - not a good moment for someone like Snape to receive some 
devastating piece of self-revelation) at that point, in front of Voldemort.

I think the original question was about why he was *in* the staffroom, not 
why he left.
I'd never wondered too much about that, but then all these people have tried 
to work out the timetable at Hogwarts. I haven't followed these discussions 
too closely, but the impression I have is that Snape should have more than 
enough Potions classes to keep him occupied during the week, not to mention 
his preparation work. Whilst I would love to think that he has time to pop 
into the staff room for a break, to mark a few parchments or perhaps have a 
cup of tea and a chat to anyone else with a free period, I just can't see it 
happening. 

I think Catlady must be right:

>It always seems to me that Snape knew that Lupin was going to bring 
>the third-year Gryffindor DADA class to the staffroom at that time 
>to use the Boggart there -- It always seems to me that Snape was 
>lying in wait for them, hoping that his improvised vicious remarks 
>would rattle Lupin (and the kids, of course) enough to make the 
>class be a fiasco

And JKR gave him a free period just to do it! ;-)
And then got the last laugh on him!
She set him up, that's what she did. 
Cruel woman!

~Eloise

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