OOP: The Penseive

[peggy baratto]

No: HPFGUIDX 61962

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> Much has been made about whether or not Snape's memory in the 
Penseive is 
> slanted.  I'm wondering if a stored memory really takes the 
person's point of 
> view or if it is omniscient.  I mean, if it is limited to the 
person's point of 
> view, then how would we even hear the conversation between James 
and Sirius?  
> How would we see what is being doodled on the note pad?  
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> If a memory someohow becomes truthfully omniscient when put into 
the Pensieve 
> then that makes the Pensieve quite a more valuable tool.  If, 
however, it 
> reflects only what the memory holder has imagined in order to fill 
in the gaps, 
> it becomes very suspect indeed.  
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> :::Curls fluffy black tail about herself just _so_ and returns to 
napping by 
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I don't think the memory is slanted.  I do think it happened as it 
says.  However, I do think that this memory stands out in Snape's 
head.  He seems to have forgotten, or has put out of his memory the 
things he has done.  We know he knew curses and hexes...more than the 
7th year Hogwarts students knew.  This does not come up in his 
memories at all.  He seems (in his memory at least) to have been 
abused by everyone.  Girls laughing at him as he tries to get on a 
bucking broom...James and Sirius....  We do know that he insults 
Lily.  That was not exactly nice.  

Yes, I do think this particular memory was acurate.  Both Black and 
Lupin kind of admit to treating Severus badly...though the nick name 
they give him is rather humorous!  
....:sigh:  In a sad kind of way.

I do not think the Pensive lies.  I think it is a direct reflection 
of the memory that the person is thinking of at the moment when it is 
put into the pensieve.  

~~~~~~Peggy