Snape & Godric's Hollow

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 52985

nobodysrib wrote:

<snip>

>So how about a scene that goes something like this:
>
>Snape, with priviliged DE information, finds out that Voldemort is
>going to get the Potters.  He hurries to Godric's Hollow and finds
>the Potters.  Still holding a grudge against James, he turns to Lily,
>knowing she won't leave without her baby (perhaps he helps cast a
>spell to save Harry?), and says:

<snip scenario>

The only problem with that is the Fidelius Charm. We know little about it, 
other than Flitwick's absolute statement in the pub scene (UK PoA, p. 151 
ff). that:

"As long as the Secret-Keeper refused to speak, You-Know-Who could search 
the village where Lily and James were staying for years and never find 
them, not even if he had his nose pressed against their sitting room window!"

JKR has absolutely left a deliberate mystery surrounding what James did and 
where he was that night (and whether or not anyone else was in the house), 
but all the theories I've seen thus far are just a little too far-fetched 
for my taste, even though I have no better theory to provide.

There is one thing at the back of my mind at all times, though: how on 
earth does Dumbledore know that James was killed first and that it was 
*Lily's* sacrifice which saved Harry, rather than the other way around? 
 From the very beginning, he is very sure of this. Harry was there and he 
as his vague memories, but he is not the source of Dumbledore's 
information. Of course, Voldemort was there as well, so did Voldemort tell 
Dumbledore in what order he'd killed the Potters? I think not... So if the 
Potter parents are dead, Harry is a baby and Voldemort is the enemy, how 
did Dumbledore find out? (Other characters share this knowledge, but I 
assume they know it from Dumbledore.)

We're up against that dratted Fidelius Charm again.

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Re: Severus Snape=Perseus Evans anagram.

>could someone send me the specifics on this?  (If this has been
>discussed ad nauseum and you don't want to waste board space on it,
>you can email me a link or summation.  Thanks!)

Someone else asked about this. It is NOT a JKR quote, and nobody has ever 
claimed it to be (at least I've never seen anyone claim that). Over the 
years and months, several people have independently generated that anagram, 
and it has never been put forward as anything more than a curiosity and a 
speculation as a basis for speculation. There is no evidence from JKR that 
there is anything to this anagram and AFAIK the subject has never been 
raised with her.

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who can spell a barrel full of herrings, some of which 
are doubtless red...