Snape's memories (was: 11 Year Old Dark Wizards)

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 68862

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sydney" <sydpad at y...> wrote:
> 
> Bibphile wrote:
> > 
> > First, that memory does no indicate Snape was lousy on a broom.  The 
> > broom was bucking, if I remember correctly.  That's not normal.   
> > Someone had to do somethig to that broom. 
> 
> Absolutely. When I read that, I thought, aha!  So that's where he
> learnt the counter-curse to the broom-bucking jinx...
> 
> Incidentally, this is further evidence (as if any were needed) that
> Snape was brought up in a family steeped in the Dark Arts.  Hagrid
> tells us (I recall imperfectly) that it takes "powerful dark magic" to
> tamper with a broom.  There's more than youthful hijinks going on here.
> 
> 
> > As far as the flies, he could have been using Avada Kadavra.  I 
> > don't think so though.  Harry didn't "mention" a green light.  I'm 
> > sure there must lots of curses that can kill.  
> 
> Possibly.  I don't see any reason why it WOULDN'T be AK, either-- as
> he's described as "shooting them down" that could comprise anything.  
> 
> Sydney-- still awaiting the Snape-guided tour of his old
> neighbourhood, the mean streets of Nocturn Alley....

I thought the same thing about the 'bucking broom' when I read it, and
I also think that Snape comes from a Dark wizarding family.
About the flies... The first thing that I noticed when I read this
scene was the similarities between Snape's room, and Harry's room at
the Dursleys. Harry is quite angry and depressed in ootp - and there
is a scene where he is sitting in his room, letting it get dark around
him without bothering to turn the light on. He wants it to be dark
arond him, I think, because it reflects his current mood and feelings.
 Snapes room is described in almost the same way as Harry'sin this
scene, and Snape is sitting there shooting down flies. I think he
soubnds rather bored. And possibly lonely. When I tie the two memories
together (his father screaming athis mother, and the flie scene)
heprobably didn't want to spend much time with his parents, maybe when
his father finished with his mother, he would start on him? Or maybe
his mother was arguing with his father in the firstplace, because she
was trying to protect him. What do you all think?
-Cindy, Snape supporter all the way! :-)