[HPforGrownups] Re: No fire in the office

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No: HPFGUIDX 87927

In a message dated 1/1/2004 5:22:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, "jakedjensen" <jakejensen at hotmail.com> writes:
>This still doesn't explain why Snape does not light the fire (which 
>is apparently easy to do) and McGonagall does. I don't buy the 
>torture logic. I do not see any canon suggesting Snape is torturing 
>the boys or that he wears a thicker cloak. The torture scenerio may 
>make sense if he is indifferent to cold (given that he is undead), 
>but not if he is just a normal human being (this would be like 
>putting someone under the heat lamp and then sitting there 
>yourself....it makes no sense). I don't buy that containers in the 
>office would be adversely affected by the heat (McGonagall should 
>know this or Snape should douse the fire if this is the case). 
>Additionally, one does not "clean" a fire when it is cold outside. 
>Embers are left, because they are useful.

A normal human can be indifferent to cold.  I am.  How does the cold not make sense?  If he's not bothered by it, he probably doesn't even notice it.  I don't notice when it's really cold in my house.  And, as Amanda has said, would keeping Harry and Ron comfortable be high on Severus' list?  More importantly, it's his office.  If he likes the cold, he shouldn't really be expected to change it.  My Calculus teacher's room is about -8 billion degrees, and we all just suck it up and deal with it.

Oryomai