HPforGrownups] Simple Snape math

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 99668

> 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.
> 

Pippin:

I'm not following you here. If it was a set-up, the whole idea was 
for it not to look like a set-up. So why would Snape going in after 
Harry to see which memory he had accessed make a set-up 
unlikely?  When Harry accessed the Pensieve in Dumbledore's 
office, he saw the memories in chronological order. If Snape 
went into the Pensieve, he'd know which memories Harry had 
seen. 

Speaking of which, except for the dragon, all the memories Harry 
relives during Occlumency seem to be in chronological order. It 
could be the dragon is something Harry has forgotten. In that 
case Snape's memories should be in order too, and the crying 
boy cannot be Snape's son if the other two memories are Snape.

Pippin