Understanding Snape

[Cindy Jenkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 91092


If the memory were subjective, Harry would be limited to Snape's 
POV, reading the exam sheet and Severus's answers. As it is, he can 
move about inside the memory, just as if he were present (but invisible). 

That's how I see it, but I wonder if Snape could "flesh out" a memory?  (I don't know if I can explain it...)  In other words, once he learns that Lupin is a werewolf go back and say "ohhh, they must have been talking about *that* when he called him Mooney..."  From that time forward, his original memory now includes that tidbit, which wasn't there to begin with.

Or conversely, maybe he's full of self-pity, and later assumes the trio was talking about him.  There he was, being studious and minding his own business, and the bullies come up and start plotting against him out of nowhere...  So in his memory he's portrayed as a bigger victim than in real life.

I guess what I wonder is how much fact do we give memories in a pensive?  I think we give them as much credence as we do the owner; DD's memories are fact, whereas maybe Snape's are slanted a bit in his favor.

Cindy