De-bunking Count Snape/Foe Glass

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No: HPFGUIDX 125052


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Valky (message 125039):

> OTOH what about the foe glass, Pippin? Whose foe glass does he 
> appear in? Crouch!Moody's? If that's the case it could also be 
> explained as Sevvie was curious as to why he was Moody's foe, when 
> they are supposedly on the same side. Or maybe he was keeping and 
> eye on it so that he could avert "Moody"'s eye from it and avoid 
>him seeing what might be truth about Snapes alignment in the foe 
>glass..


Pippin (message 125047):

>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.


"K":

Why in the world, with everything else going on at the time, is 
Snape so interested in the Foe-Glass? I can't decide. But JKR does 
bring up the Foe-Glass again in OoP



~"Hey, Harry, what's this stuff?" asked Dean from the rear of the 
room, indicating the Sneakoscopes and the Foe-Glass.

"Dark Detectors," said Harry, stepping between the cushions to reach 
them. "Basically they all show when *Dark wizards or enemies* are 
around, but you don't want to rely on them too much, *they can be 
fooled..."*
oop-ch 18-pg 391-us

* my emphasis