HPforGrownups] Simple Snape math

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No: HPFGUIDX 99663

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> wrote:

> Can't speak for Kneasy.  But I thought the fly zapping boy was our 
> Snape.  The question is, in the other memory is the yelling man our 
> Snape or is the crying child our Snape?  My mind is open. (which 
> sounds better than to say I'm on the fence) I think it's more likely 
> he is the crying child, but I think it could go the other way as 
> well.
>

Kneasy:
Yep. In effect I'm saying that all the memories are post Snape's
entering Hogwarts - two from his teenage years, one as an adult.
Those that claim the child is Snape himself shift the time bracket
back; still two teenage memories, and one much earlier.

And no, I can't find any alternative at present to the idea that the
fly-zapper is Snape as adolescent. Pity. I really must try harder.

I  still wonder what other memories Snape put into the Pensieve.
The fact that he himself entered the memory to bring Harry out
indicates that he was very interested in what Harry was seeing.
Those other memories could tell us a lot (wishful thinking). It also
makes it unlikely that the whole thing was a set-up and that Harry
was intended to access the Pensieve.

Potioncat: 
> I also want to say, that it is an intense moment and one that Snape 
> remembers strongly.  But it alone, does not mean there was abuse.
> 
>
Kneasy:
I tend to agree. One brief glimpse is all we get. There's not much
information as to what is going on. But posters make up their own
minds, what conclusions they reach are their own affair. I reserve the
right to disagree. I don't want Snape to have any excuses for his
behaviour, no matter how fascinating a character I find him.