Boggart Snape was Re: Snape in the Shrieking Shack (was re:time-turning)

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No: HPFGUIDX 113090

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nora Renka" <nrenka at y...> 
wrote:

snip.

> I know what I'd choose, as a teacher.  Sure, Lupin gets a chuckle 
out 
> of it, as does everyone else, but I don't think he went into the 
> situation intending to do that.  It's more like a fringe benefit--
and 
> the less touchy would shrug it off, anyways.  But I don't think 
even 
> his strongest partisans have ever argued that Snape isn't touchy...
> 
> -Nora notes that badmouthing a colleague in front of your students 
is 
> a big no-no, as McGonagall lets us all know as well.


Alla:

Absolutely. I agree with your sequence of event and  that is 
precisely how I interpret this scene.  I don't see a reason to 
assume that Remus already knew what Neville's biggest fear is. He 
may have heard about it from somebody else in school, of course, but 
I doubt it.

Even when Remus himself asks Neville about his biggest fear, Neville 
is answering VERY QUIETLY. I see no reason to assume that Neville 
was running around and telling everybody what his biggest fear is.

Remus first of all wanted to help Neville, if an extra benefit was 
letting Snape had what was due to him, I don't see why not.

I said it earlier, but I want to reiterate - the main reason I love 
this scene is not because of Snape's embarassement PER SE, but 
because of Remus kind of lets Snape have it on behalf of Neville and 
any other kids he bullied, but who were too scared to stand up to 
him and it was nice to see Neville to have his moment.