Snape's Worst Memory

[Potterfanme]

No: HPFGUIDX 81239

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "carin_in_oh" <aldhelm at e...> 
wrote:
> I think Laura was referring to the books JKR does to support the UK 
charity "Comic 
> Relief", and not demeaning Susan's post, right?

Susan:  Yep, I totally read it wrong....sorry again, Laura....

Carin: 
> Back to the Pensieve: I, too, was puzzled when I first read the 
scene in Snape's 
> office in OotP, because I assumed it's the kind of thing of which 
Snape would have 
> his own and it seemed odd that Harry assumed it was Dumbledore's. I 
don't think 
> we have canon to contradict Harry's assumption, do we? If Snape had 
to borrow one 
> from Dumbledore, it must be _really rare_ (to quote Ron on 
invisibility cloaks). I 
> would think a pensieve that's full of memories of two Order members 
would be a 
> very high-security object and I'd be worried about worse people 
than Harry sticking 
> their noses into it. There's definitely something not quite as it 
appears about 
> Dumbledore letting it out of his office.
> 
> Carin

Susan:

You know though, there are so many pieces of canon that are 
interpreted in many different ways, I am curious as to why this one 
is taken so strongly at face value.  I also think that they are very 
rare but I can see why Snape *would* need his own *if* he uses it 
when he is spying for the Order.  I think this will be one of those 
things that will niggle the back of my mind through the end if JKR 
doesn't clear up how many pensieves there are out there.

Susan--who wonders what would happen if there are two pensieves and 
DD and Snape accidentally put the wrong memories back into their 
brains....