My husband's Snape observation

[sarcasticmuppet]

No: HPFGUIDX 74016

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "frumenta" <p_yanna at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda" <editor at t...> wrote:
> > <snip> 
> > Jan has gotten through the pensieve scene. And his basic take is 
> that 
> > James was your basic BMOC (big man on campus), a jock, like the 
> guy 
> > that walks around with a football under his arm. Yeah, I got that 
> > much. But the thing I missed was what he considered the obvious 
> > parallel to Snape's being taunted--not Harry in the graveyard, 
but 
> > the DEs at the World Cup. Down to the same spell, he said, and 
> he's 
> > likely correct; the Robertsons were held in midair and at one 
> point, 
> > the Mrs. was flipped upside down.
> > 
> > I had completely missed this, and found it chilling, especially 
> the 
> > similarity of treatment of the victim. I'm at work now, can't 
> analyze 
> > much, but I was stunned that I'd totally missed this and wanted 
to 
> > get other thoughts. Thoughts?
> > 
> > ~Amanda

Me (Sarcasticmuppet):
While a very interesting observation, I wouldn't look into this too 
much.  All it really says is that hanging someone upside down and 
exposing their undergarments is universally considered a mean and 
nasty thing to do.

--Ashley--