Positive Spin on Snape, Occlumency, and Albus writing Petunia

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 115037


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kethryn" <kethryn at w...> wrote:
> 
> Dzeytoun -
>> The argument about the letter wouldn't be all that weak 
actually...except 
> I don't think they have a self addressing envelope spell.  Remember 
Lockhart 
> and Harry's detention?  Lockhart had him addressing the letters.  
Still, 
> Lockhart wasn't all that and a bag of chips as a wizard so he may 
not have 
> known the self addressing envelope spell.  Oh, yeah, and Rita 
Seeker does 
> have that whole Quick Quill thing so maybe the envelopes aren't 
that big a 
> deal.  But you would think the person attaching them to the owls 
would have 
> noticed at the very least.  Well, actually, someone did notice 
eventually, 
> hence Hagrid's introduction.
> 

Well, we do know that they have a magical quill that records the 
birth of wizards and witches, so an address charm doesn't seem like a 
wild supposition.  Also, giving the letters to the owls may be a 
House Elf job.  An elf wouldn't be inclined to notice such things.

Not arguing for this.  But it is a plausible scenario, I suppose.

Dzeytoun