Snape's boggart/Re: Snape's origins

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 96921

> Carol:
> If you're right, and if Dumbledore knows about Snape's 
boggart, it's insensitive if not downright cruel of him to use 
"Cockroach clusters" as a password, especially since Snape 
probably reports to him frequently. It would be like having 
"Dementor" as a password when he knew that Harry would be 
coming to see him.<

But Harry would probably regard "chocolate-covered Dementor" 
as a fine joke. In fact when he encounters a boggart-Dementor 
during the third task, it trips over its robes even before Harry has 
consciously realized what it is. 

Dumbledore seems to be in a campaign to desensitize 
Snape--doing things like offering him the vulture hat and then 
happily wearing it himself. Which gives me a thought--sorry if this 
came up in the thread already--suppose Snape is one of those 
people who can't handle a boggart, and Lupin knows it? 

Did Lupin ask Snape to meet him in the staffroom knowing the 
Boggart was there?  That would put an entirely different light on 
things, wouldn't it.

That would account for Snape saying he'd rather not witness 
this. When Lupin led  the class of Gryffindors in, Snape realized 
he'd been set up--no wonder he got a nasty look in his eye. He 
shouldn't have taken it out on Neville of course.

Pippin