Snape outing Harry as Parselmouth (was Re: If DD knows, then why..?)

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 94427

Mandy wrote:
<snip> Not to mention Draco didn't seem to get in 
> > to trouble using it, nor did it cause a stur among the children 
> > watching. There would have been some kind of reaction if it was 
> > something that unusual to come from a 13-year-old boy.
> 
> Bookworm:
> (CoS p194 US): "... a long black snake shot out of it [Harry's 
> wand], fell heavily onto the floor between them, and raised itself, 
> ready to strike. There were screams as the crowd backed swiftly 
> away, clearing the floor." <argument between Snape and Lockhart 
over who would get rid of it> then, "...there was a loud bang; the 
snake, instead of vanishing, flew ten feet into the air and fell back 
to the floor with a loud smack. Enraged, hissing furiously, it 
> slithered straight toward Justin Finch-Fletchley and raised itself 
> again, fangs exposed, poised to strike." After Harry told the snake 
> to calm down: "Snape, too was looking at Harry in an unexpected 
way: It was a shrewd and calculating look, and Harry didn't like it. 
He was also dimly aware of an ominous muttering all around the walls."

> So there was a reaction from the other students to the appearance 
of the snake, but that fear was overshadowed by the revelation of 
Harry speaking Parceltongue. And Draco wouldn't get in trouble 
because he could claim honestly that his Head of House had told him 
what to do. 


Mandy here:
But the question raised was; Was it unusual for Draco, a 12-year-old 
wizard, to conger the Serpensortia spell? I was arguing that it was 
not, as there would have been a stir from the kids if it was.  

You point out that the stir that occurred most likely came from the 
appearance of a snake in the room, not how it got there, and I agree 
with you. I also agree that Harry's Parceltongue overshadowed 
everything else that happened in that class that day.  But I still do 
not think it is usual for the Serpensortia spell to come from the 
mouth of a 12-year-old wizard.  What Snape did was put the idea in 
Draco mind to use it, he didn't tell Draco how to do it.  

Whether Snape did this deliberately because he or DD had suspicions 
about Harry being a Parceltongue?  Who knows?  I wouldn't be at all 
surprised if either DD, or Snape, or both did it to deliberately out 
Harry's unusual power. 

Mandy