Chapter 29, Career Advice - Broken Potion

[cubfanbudwoman]

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SSSusan:
> > To test that theory, I found my 8-year-old 
> > daughter who's read/listened to OotP 4 or 5 times.  
> > 
> > "Hey, Kristen."
> > "Yeah?"
> > "You know that scene in OotP after Harry got into Snape's 
> > pensieve and he's in Potions class?  Where he's just turned in 
> > his potion vial--"
> > "Yeah, and he dropped it on the ground!!"
> > "Who's `he'?"
> > "Well, duh--Snape!!"
> > 
> > Is this evidence that I'm right?  Of course not.  But it is 
> > evidence that the kid's way of viewing this scene is that it's 
> > obvious that Snape did it.
 
Alla:
> Oh, Susan, thank you for testing it on your daughter. :o) Believe 
> it or not, I think that it matters A LOT. As I said many times, I 
> do believe that books are oriented on younger audience in many 
> ways.... 
> As I said I can see Potioncat point, but I also think that this 
> action is so very IC for Snape that for me the number one 
> possibility is what your daughter said:
> 
> "Well, duh - Snape'- I LOVE that line.


SSSusan:
Believe me, you wouldn't love it if you heard it on a routine basis. 
We're trying to eliminate "well, duh" from the vocabulary.  But just 
this *once*, I did rather appreciate it.  ;-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan