No fire in the office

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88014

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cestrel_wings"
<krirre.bokmal at t...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mommystery2003" 
> <mommystery at h...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jakedjensen" 
> <jakejensen at h...> 
> > wrote:
> > The fact that there were no embers or anything in the fire is a sign 
> > that Snape simply does not (or has not recently) use the fire.  
> 
> Ces:
> > Exactly, it's my opinion that Snape probably wants any students who 
> > have to come in there to be as uncomfortable as possible - so he 
> > probably very rarely has a fire going.  
> 
> 
> But wouldn't Slytherins visit his office also? As we have seen, Snape 
> clearly favours Slytherins, and I don't think he'd want them to be 
> uncomfortable.
> 
> Kristin

I think Snape is just used to being in the dungeon. Harry (or the
narrator) mentions at one point that the Potions classroom is cold.
Snape doesn't have to be a vampire to prefer cold to warmth. Might as
well call him "Snake" and say he's cold-blooded! It's also possible
that, at least until Umbridge took over the Floo Network, he used his
fireplace to leave the school on spying missions and preferred to keep
it clean and uncluttered. Notice that he summons Lupin by that method
in PoA (another of those incidents that makes me wonder how much Snape
knows). Whether he's a vampire or not (and I don't think he is), he's
undoubtedly brilliant. (BTW, I disagree with the person who suggested
that he acquired his knowledge solely by hard work. He has great
natural gifts, including logic and the knowledge of a great many hexes
before he even entered school. I think that, like Hermione, he has a
photographic memory that enabled him to practically reproduce the
textbook on his DADA O.W.L.)

Carol

Carol