OOP: Questions and thoughts...

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 62424

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ppahuja1" <ppahuja1 at y...> 
wrote:
> Hi all...
> 
> I'm a newbie who has been lurking for a while now.  I was going to 
> post after I caught up with all the digests  (I had over 40 when I 
> checked my messages) but I think I will never get caught up :)
> 
> Like many people I am still reeling over this book but here is my 
> first post:  
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> 1.  I noticed something odd about Dumbledore's middle names.  One 
of 
> them is Brian!  (I apologize for not having the page number but my 
> book has already been borrowed.  This occurs in the scene when 
Harry 
> is on trial for the unauthorized use of magic against the 
> dementors). Why Brian?  Doesn't it seem like a muggle name?  Is 
this 
> why Dumbledore is so tolerant of muggles and non-human creatures?  
> Perhaps because he is also a muggle, he understands the prejudice 
> that half-bloods have to face in the Wizarding World. Just 
wondering 
> what people think.
> 
> Of course as I write this, it occurs to me that Prof. Umbridge's 
> middle name is Jane.  Another muggle-like name.
> 
> 2.  I really felt that JKR had great potential to write some 
> dramatic scenes during Snape's tutoring sessions with Harry.  I 
> didn't like that Harry stooped to snooping in the Pensieve when 
> Snape left the office.  I thought it was great that Snape got an 
> idea of how rough Harry's life has been.  I figured that Snape 
might 
> be nicer to Harry considering he had a rough time with his own 
> family.  I was hoping that Harry would get more insight into 
Snape's 
> life.  He did get plenty of information but it seems like his 
> snooping has only further alienated Snape.  I can't blame Snape. I 
> wouldn't like it if someone snooped through my private thoughts.  I 
> also was disappointed by the title of this chapter...Is this really 
> Snape's worst memory?  I mean it is pretty bad from a 15 year old's 
> point of view but he is in his 30's now!
> 
> 
> Anyway...all the rest of my thoughts have already been discussed.  
> So I am off to start my second reading :)
> 
> Pam

Me:
I'm pretty certain that tese aren't his *worst* memories, just the 
ones he least wants to share, or the bad memories that are closest to 
the surface of his mind when he's around Harry. After all Harry's 
been tortured by Voldemort and harassed by dementors, but the 
memories that Snape reads are about Dudley and Cho, and the one about 
cho is a good memory! ("Wet." he he!) Snape has been a Death Eater, 
it's probably fairly safe to say that he's experienced worse things 
than James and Lily Potter.

~Calimora (Who's Universe has split into two parts, one with Sirius 
and one without.)