I the HBP (was Re: Snape's hidden plan?/Alan Rickman 's quote repost

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> Alla:
>Again, don't have the book with me now, but it sounded to me as if 
>he still calls himself that name.

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Quote:
"You dare use my own spells against me, Potter? It "was" I who
invented
them—I, the Half-Blood Prince!"
(emphasis mine)

First off, I agree, it sounds...odd...it actually sounds like bad 
writing. So I think JKR had a reason for doing it. Either there is 
still something important about the title, that is, Hermione is wrong 
about its being a play on his mother's name, or he's using it as past 
tense. I see it as "It WAS I...I the Half-Blood Prince" I don't think 
he's using it as a grand title now, but identifying himself as the 
owner of Harry's Potions book. 
 
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snip  Keep your mouth 
> > shut, close your mind, don't use my spells against me....
> 
> Alla:
> 
> LOL! Maybe it would help him defeat Snape. :-)
> 
> Seriously though, I again getting back to the question Janeway 
raised 
> earlier - does that advice sound to you as advice of someone 
> who "understands" Harry and wants to teach him something?

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I'd like to know how Snape was teaching them to fight off Dementors. 
I'd like to know who had a better method: Snape or Lupin? Or is one 
way better for some wizards, and the other way better for others. Do 
I think Snape understands Harry? Yeah, bout as well as Umbridge 
understood Potions. 

But, Snape probably only knows one way to perform Occlumency. Maybe 
there is only one way. But I'm reasonably sure that if Harry 
is "emotionally" thinking a spell, LV will pick it up. I think that's 
what Snape is trying to communicate as he departs Hogwarts.

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