What Dark Arts?

[colebiancardi]

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> Potioncat:
> I don't think DD or Snape or Slughorn knew that Harry had Snape's old 
> book. I think if Slughorn knew about the "improved" text book, he 
> would have made personal use of it. If DD had known about the Dark 
> Magic in it, he wouldn't have wanted it freely available to students; 
> and most likely would have been a bit peeved at Snape. And I think 
> Snape was horrified to realise Harry had gotten the book. He seemed 
> surprised and upset in the bathroom. It is still my belief the book 
> went missing long ago. 

but why didn't he turn Harry over to DD to be expelled?  Snape never
had a problem before with that.  And I don't buy the "Snape didn't
want Dumbledore to know about the book" excuse that Hermione came up
with.  DD knew that Snape was a DE and into Dark Arts - why would this
suprise him for something that Snape did when he was a teen?  I still
think Snape & DD knew(not Sluggie).  JMHO


> I admit, it's very uncertain whether Snape was speaking the truth 
> when he said the Marauder's Map had Dark Magic in it.

I think Snape was just goading Lupin at that point - Snape knew who
the Marauders were - and he wanted to make a point that the Marauders,
20 years later, still haven't pulled the wool over dear o' Sevvie's
eyes.  he knew that Lupin knew.  I viewed it as a taunt.


I agree on the wishing that Rowling would tell us what is Dark Magic &
what isn't.  I think the unforgivable curses can be called Dark Magic,
as they are taught in the DADA class.  Horcruxes - DM.  Levicorpus -
??? Lupin didn't think it was, he said it was all the rage when he was
a kid.  Maybe it is the intent.  I don't consider a love potion to be
DM - just love-sick fools who can't get the partner they want.  I
would classify that as SM - sick magic.


colebiancardi