Snape and Lily in potions

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 135964

 
> vmonte:
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> 
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> > I loved how Slughorn mentions in HBP that Hermione gave the 
correct 
> answer to a question by basically dictating what she had memorized 
in 
> the textbook. 
> 
> Why do you suppose Slughorn would use a textbook that is obviously 
> lousy? It's because it takes something more than book smarts to be 
a 
> truly gifted potions master (I'm sure he says this also). 
> 
<snip> 

a_svirn:

I guess there wasn't any alternative. The WW is fairly conservative, 
especially when it comes to education – I mean really; Snape's 
mother 50 years ago used exactly the same handbook. If Slughorn 
wanted to give his students a less lousy manual he would have to 
write it himself. Something he would certainly not bother to do.

 
> vmonte:

> I hope that Snape was not "in lust" of Lily (I do not say love 
> because I don't think he's capable of it). <snip>

a_svirn:

And what does it leave, I wonder? "The marriage of true minds"?