Smart "Sevvie" (was Snape's DE past)

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 111410

> Potioncat:
> Fair enough! I'll show you witty if you'll show me dumb. I have to 
> apologise for not providing actual quotes. Everything will be 
> paraphrased.

Bren:
I hear ya! When was our SSSnivellus ever DUMB? He had been impulsive 
and irrational sometimes (around the Marauders) but that's about it!


>>> SS/PS: Logic puzzle.  Opening speech in Potions class. <<<

Bren:
Absolutely. Recall Hermione's reaction to the logic puzzle:

" 'Brilliant', said Hermione. 'This isn't magic - it's logic - a 
puzzle. A lot of the greatest wizards haven't got an ounce of logic, 
they'd be stuck in here for ever' " (PS, 207. UK)

Not to mention he was the *only* one to have suspected Quirrell all 
along, that we know of (not sure about DD).


> CoS: After Ginny is taken to the Chamber, Snape greets Lockhart as 
> the savior and tricks him into "Going after the monster." which all 
> the teachers go along with, knowing Lockhart will hide and get out 
> of their way.

That was quite well done, hehe.


> PoA: Wolfsbane Potion, which, if we believe Lupin, takes great 
> skill.  Assigning the werewolf paper to reveal Lupin's secret. He 
> flips out in the Shrieking Shack...no, not a good example.  He 
> flips out in the hospital wing...oops, not so good either.
> Well, he's no James Bond.

Yes, he is quite a superb potions master. Another thing about Snape 
that really impresses me is how well he knows his potion - he knows 
it inside out! Those countless times when he will look at Neville's 
or Harry's cauldron and figure out exactly why it's gone wrong! He 
notices right away which ingredient students forgot to add, etc.

LOL! James-Bond!Snape!! After a few bath, then maybe...

Or maybe he puts too much gel on his hair, that's why it *looks* 
greasy?? Harry wouldn't know whether it was actually greasy... hoping 
he never finds out the hard way. Does Harry ever mention how stinky 
Snape is? or was it just hair that we assume he doesn't take bath?


> GoF: Keeping Harry distracted while DD comes down, while appearing 
> to be interfering with Harry's efforts.  (Harry is looking for DD, 
> and Snape says DD is too busy to see him.)  Making whatever 
> preparations to go do whatever DD was sending him to do. (Which I 
> think happened after the scene just mentioned.)

I love that scene in GoF, it is so typical of Snape to have helped 
Harry and resisting the temptation to show it.


> OoP: He gives Umbridge fake veritaserum, knowing she doesn't have a 
> clue how to use it or whether it is real.  And when she asks for 
> more asks, "You didn't use it all, did you? Three drops were 
> enough."

Well, with that old hag... it wouldn't take a rocket scientiest to 
figure out how incompetent she really is, now would it? ;)

And solving the "Padfoot" message from Harry... I know it wasn't a 
particularly tricky one, but still...


> Ally:
> the fact that Snape is known by the Order to be a superb occlumens, 
> an archaic form of magic not many people know;
> 
> -we know he successfully spied on Voldemort during his first reign, 
> based on things DD has said, so obviously he has a fair degree of 
> competence as a spy;
> 
> -and doesn't even Sirius refer to his cleverness at one point?

Bren: Most definitely! *grin*


Brenda, closing on the record of longest "Me Too!" post