[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape. Woo-HOO! With All Due Apologies to Captain Cin...

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

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pegruppel at yahoo.com writes:

> I certainly don't believe that his chambers are decorated in chintz 
> and French antiques.  But I suspect, with many others on the list, 
> that at least *some* of his behavior is meant to convince the 
> Slytherins that he's on their side.  Other incidents, Hermione's 
> teeth being one, the threat to poison Neville's toad Trevor, etc., 
> etc., are beyond the pale.

I suspect that Snape has a modicum of sentimentality, and in his chambers, 
you would find portraits of the great potion-brewers of the past, possibly a 
large one of Salazar Slytherin, and a few small photos of exceptional 
students he has taught.  Fred and George Weasley may be there if their 
"novelties" do well, and I am fairly sure that Hermione will be there 
eventually.  Harry Potter, however, will never be seen there.

As to Neville's toad, I'm afraid I'm on Snape's side on that one.  Potions 
are exact and unforgiving.  Neville is constantly botching his potions, and 
one way to drive home the point that careful attention is critical is to 
endanger Trevor.  I am sure that Snape knew *exactly* what the orange 
concoction would do to Trevor, and while the results might have been 
unpleasant/amusing, I doubt they would have been fatal.  Snape had probably 
already brewed the potion that would undo the damage.

  --  Ray
 


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