JKR chat (leading into Snape, naturally)

[eloise_herisson]

No: HPFGUIDX 92019

Kneasy: 
> So, Lupin is a half blood. Is that significant?

Well, it gives the poor man even more baggage, I guess: a werewolf 
and not, from a Slytherin pureblood supremacist POV even a *proper* 
wizard at that.

> And Ron's middle name is Bilius.
> Now where have I seen that name before?

It's his uncle's name, as Erinelli pointed out. Some have speculated 
that Bill was named after him, but that now seems rather unlikely, 
don't you think?

> 
> Seems to be lots to brood on in this chat.
> Much to speculate about, even (especially!) from the
> carefully calculated non-answers. It'll take weeks to
> draw all the inferences out and attempt to reach
> reasonable conclusions. Oh, goody!

Yes. I'm just hoping that the hints she dropped this time about 
finding out more about Snape later actually lead to a little more 
than we found out in OoP. So much promised: his worst fear; his 
backstory; more on the "Prank"; whether he is the DE gone for ever. 

But then, I wish the whole series were entitled, _Severus Snape and 
the...._ with the content adjusted accordingly. ;-)

So what *would* Severus'worst fear, be, I wonder? He's brave, but 
worst fears are not necessarily for personal safety. Could it be 
something more personal? Could it be something like the death of 
Harry himself, knowing that the future of the WW depends on him?
JKR's reluctance to tell must mean that what he fears either has 
direct significance for the story, or that it tells us so much about 
his character/experiences that we can predict future action.


~Eloise