Mind-linked!Snape TBAY (clarification)

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No: HPFGUIDX 116504


Faith was sitting at George's and working on a nice steak when Neri
burst in, banging the door.

"YOU," he said accusingly. "It's all YOUR fault!"

"Me?" spattered Faith in surprise. "What?"

"You misled everybody!" Said Neri. "Now they all think that you
disqualified the Mind-Linked!Snape, I mean, the VASSAL, because Snape
doesn't have a scar."

"What?" Said Faith and dabbed steak particles from her sleeve with a
napkin. "I said no such thing! I disqualified Mind-Linked!Snape, I
mean, the VASSAL, because of Dumbledore's words."

"Yes, yes, but after that," said Neri. "You added that stupid sentence
about Snape not having a scar, and now everybody thinks this was the
reason!"

"Oh, so it's MY fault?" muttered Faith. "I see. Always blame it on the
personification!" 

"Don't deny. I have it in writing," said Neri. "Right in the end of
post 116373".

"Ok, ok, so what do you want from me now?" Mumbled Faith.

"I want a public clarification," demanded Neri. "In front of
everybody." He motioned towards all the customers of the Royal George,
sitting at their tables and watching this scene with open mouths. "And
especially in front of Kneasy." He jerked his thumb towards Kneasy,
who was sitting at the bar as far as possible from Faith.

"Ok, ok," said Faith in resigned tone. She got up to her feet and
cleared her throat, then addressed the room: 

"The only hole I managed to find in the Mind-Linked Snape, now known
as the VASSAL (Voldy and Snape Share A Link), is that it does not fit
with Dumbledore's words."

Neri raised his brows emphatically at her, and after a second or two
she continued obediently:

 "The VASSAL assumes that at Godric's Hollow, Voldy first used one
spell to create a mind-link with Harry, then used it to transfer his
powers to the baby. Then he tried to possess Harry, but failed, and
only then he tried to kill Harry with the AK. But Dumbledore said to
Harry that "you are both connected by the curse that failed". This
creates a problem with VASSAL because it implies that it is the failed
AK that created the link, and not a special mind-linking spell."

"And if I assume that DD was lying, or just covering a bit by saying
that?" Asked Neri rhetorically. 

"Then I'll have to allow that the VASSAL is watertight and sea
worthy," admitted Faith. "Not that I'd ever believe personally that DD
lies to us" she added mutinously.

"I don't either, but that's not the issue we're discussing," said
Neri. "IF one allows that DD might lie to Harry and us, then VASSAL is
perfectly consistent, and has no holes in it."

"True," admitted Faith.

"Now explain to everybody the misunderstanding about Snape not having
a scar," demanded Neri.

"Well, I just meant to say that if you don't accept VASSAL and go with
DD's words that it was the AK curse that created the mind link, then
Snape can't be mind-linked because nobody shot an AK at him and he
doesn't have a scar."

"Right, " said Neri. "And why was that an irrelevant thing to say?"

"Because," mumbled Faith, "if it is the AK curse that creates the mind
link, then the whole scenario is completely different from VASSAL, and
many things other than Snape's (nonexistent) scar wouldn't fit anyway."

"But if VASSAL IS true, then Snape not having a scar fits perfectly
with everything," Said Neri.

"True," admitted Faith.

"Thank you" said Neri. "I hope this clarifies it once and for all."

"So how is plugging the hole going?" Inquired Faith sweetly.

"I'm working on it," said Neri in irritated tone and skulked out. 



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