Hebridean Black

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 145479

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
>
> Silmariel started a thread at a different site and has given me 
> permission to bring the idea here. The discussion had to do with 
> Snape's possible Patronus. ...
> 
> Here's a new idea based on Snape himself.
> 
> FBAWTFT p 13 under the heading of Dragons
> Hebridean Black
> summary: native to Britain, aggressive, has batlike wings. "...
> feeds mostly on deer, ... known to carry off large dogs and 
> even cattle."
> 
> ...
> 
> ... Snape's aggressive tact toward Harry; fits the "great bat"
> ... ... and the black color of his clothing; feeds on stags...
> and big dogs ...; rare hybrid could be the Slytherin HBP; and
> the XXXXX rating explains some of the Snapefics out there....
> 
> So, dragon for Patronus, Animagus, or just another way to describe 
> his rather unpleasant personality?
> 
> Potioncat
>

bboyminn:

In essense you see a correllation between personality and
Patronus/Animagus form. Sirius has a bark-like laugh and his animagus
form is a black dog, etc...

Now drawing the same parallel to Snape, given there are sufficient
references to lead a larger group of people to conclude that Snape is
a Vampire, wouldn't it make more sense for his Animagus/Partonus to be
a BAT. 

True the Hebridean Black, because it is black, has bat-like wings, but
I suspect all Dragons have leathery skin/membrane wings, making them
all bat-like except they are red or green or whatever. But beyond
bat-like wings, there is nothing especially bat-like about the Black
over other dragons, and if we are going to search for 'bat like'
references then we would certainly do better to search among bats.

As various 'Snape will help Harry' discussions have gone on and now
that we are discussing Patronus, I think Snape's Patronus would be a
very good way for Snape to send anonymous messages to Harry in the
beginning. It certainly would be safer that confronting Harry at the
moment. 

For what it's worth... though I'm sure not much.

Steve/bboyminn