Snape and Harry again. WasRe: Snape in the Shrieking Shack (was re:time-turning)

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> Alla:
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> Do you think that if in this scene Rowling indeed foreshadows 
> something, which may come up during final battle, Snape has some 
> knowledge about it?
> 
Potioncat:
Yes, we have criss-crossing threads here, dont' we?
JKR set us up to simply think Snape is a mean bully of a teacher, 
but in fact, he is all that and more.

I think Snape expects potions to play a big part in the downfall of 
LV or the protection of Harry. If he was, as many think, one of LV's 
potionmakers, he would know something involved in LV's attempt at 
preventing death.  

Either that or JKR is foreshadowing it, and it will be coincidence 
that Snape made such a point.  But think of this, Snape taught them 
expelliarmus (bet he regrets that!) and polyjuice, and about 
werewolves (wait a minute, just had a bout of movie contamination.) 
And all these things have proved to be important.

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>snipping my portion of post> 
> Alla:
> 
> Really? I am trying to remember my school years, which was a 
little 
> more than decade ago and if teacher took something from you in 
> class, she usually gave it back at the end, even if it was a note, 
> book or magazine. 
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Potioncat:
Well, it was a lot more than a decade ago that I was in school in 
the US.  But that brings up a point that comes up a lot.  Our group 
has had very different school experiences based on when we attended 
school. Punishments that shock younger members were taken for 
granted by the older ones. JKR has done a very interesting job of 
mixing up time in the WW.  I wonder if she's done that just for the 
fun of it, or if the mixed time has a different purpose?