In Defense of Snape and Snape and DD as a team

[a_b_desert_king]

No: HPFGUIDX 123788


> Carol:
> ...I've always read that scene as Snape reminding Lupin of who 
Neville is, a
> Longbottom, whose boggart ought logically to be a Death Eater, 
just as
> Harry's ought logically to be Voldemort. Lupin prevents Harry from
> demonstrating and confronting his boggart assuming that it will be 
too
> terrifying for the rest of the class to see (which may well be true
> even though it's a Dementor rather than LV). Surely a masked,
> wand-wielding DE would be almost equally terrifying?
> 
> Unfortunately for him, Snape's strategy (if that's what it is)
> backfires, and the boggart turns out to be himself. 
>snip

Heather here:

Sorry to be so far behind in posts, but I just couldn't resist 
pointing out at this stage that (presumably) Neville's boggart *is* 
a DE - Snape!