Snape's Worst Memory- New Twists

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Lissa Hess <drliss at c...> wrote:
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> > What if, at the very beginning of their time at Hogwarts, Snape 
was
> friends 
> > with Lupin?
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I like this idea. It could well be true. Clearly Snape has never 
forgiven Lupin for something* since by the time of PoA he tolerates 
Lupin quite clearly against his will. Sure he makes the potion to 
keep RL from werewolfing, probably on DD's strict orders, but in 
most other ways he wants to 'out' Lupin and see the back of him.

* something could mean nearly eating him and being the cause of 
Snape owing James Potter a bond of duty for saving his life, or it 
could be simply that Lupin was a (hated) marauder, or it could be as 
you say he was let down/betrayed at a vulnerable time by Lupin 
Choosing James and Sirius in stead of himself. A friendship might 
well fit with the (IMO quite bonkers) theories that Snape is a 
vampire so they would share a bond of 'otherness' when first they 
met.

By the way, did anyone spot in CoS that Gilderoy claims to have used 
the homomorphus charm on the waga wagga werewolf and this spell 
(turns werewolf back to human) might come in use to any wizard whom 
Lupin unwittingly attacks that is on his own side. Of course 
Gilderoy wouldn't have done this, but the wizard that did (who GL 
stole the details from for his book) was no doubt expert at the 
spell.
 
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> Lissa again:
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> >(Assuming he doesn't know Dumbledore is an accomplished
> > Leg-a-whootchimawatchie.)
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> 
aboutthe1910s: 
> I'd also just like to say that the word "Leg-a-whootchimawatchie" 
made
> my day.

I liked this too. Honestly Legilimens - what a mouthful!