De-bunking Count Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 125047


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" 
<Aisbelmon at h...> wrote:

> But I am not sure why that would point to Snape being a 
vampire? Are you saying that Our Marauders *chose* a place 
that Sevvie would  by impulse steer well clear of?
 That kind of makes sense I suppose.<

Pippin:
There are seven secret passages marked on the Marauder's 
Map (POA ch 10). According to the twins, Filch knows about four 
of them, but does not know about the one-eyed witch, or the one 
behind the mirror. If Filch had known about those passages 
before the Marauders, the Marauders would not have been able 
to explore them and they wouldn't be on the map. So those four 
must have been revealed to  Filch in the Marauders time, 
probably through young Snape's information, since he was 
always following them around trying to get them in trouble. 

That leaves three other passages. We know that Snape 
discovered how to enter the Whomping Willow. Snape also 
seems to suspect the One eyed witch, but not to have learned 
how to open it.  But it appears that he never learned about the 
passage with the mirror. Why? 

It could be that they chose it because it would repel Snape, or 
more likely  it repelled Snape and that's why it remained 
undiscovered. 

As for the Foe-glass, of course Snape could have had other 
reasons for wanting to see what it would show him -- but it can't 
have been to distract Crouch!Moody since he was unconscious 
at the time.
 
It may also be significant that the Marauder's secret means of 
communication, and one that Sirius gives to Harry specifically 
because he is concerned about Snape, is a mirror. Also, the 
Stone is hidden behind a mirror.  Voldemort  would not 
be able to use vampire!Snape to get at it.

Pippin