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

[fiondavhar]

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> Mandy here:

  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. 
> 

Bonny replying:


I agree that it is quite possible that Dumbledore and/or Snape might 
have suspected Harry of having this power. However, choosing that 
particular time and place to out it, would, under the circumstances, 
be unwise and unkind to Harry. It is not a very Dumbledore-esque 
thing to do, causing Harry to be even more ostracized. 

I think that Snape suggesting Draco conjure the snake was more to 
show Slytherins superiority (he knew Lockhart wouldn't be able to get 
rid of it and that he, Snape, would have to come to the rescue) and 
that, if he had any suspicions about Harry and parseltounge, he had 
momentarily forgotten them. I am sure that the incident will have 
stirred his memory! However, I can't see them purposfully choosing 
that time, at least not if Dumbledore was involved. 

Bonny