Happy Birthday.... Severus Snape.

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 121508



Hannah here:  I'm so pleased JKR has put happy birthday to Snape on 
her website, I hope it bodes well for his character re: eventual 
alignment with good/evil.  There's never been a 'Happy birthday 
Lucius' for example!  I'll even forgive her for spoiling the 
timeline on my fanfic :-)

It puts the timing of the Prank earlier than I'd imagined, possibly 
even before the Pensieve scene (or that evening, as has been 
suggested).  That's if we can rely on the assertion that both Snape 
and Sirius were 16 at the time, or is that an approximation?  Maybe 
it will turn out to be a bit like DD's 'two thirteen year old 
wizards' in PoA (Hermione is 14, nearer 15 at the time).

I think JKR has said Snape will live to book 7.  We find out 
important stuff about him then, for sure.  I think it would make 
sense for him to survive that long, as one of the first and most 
fascinating characters.  Whether he'll survive 7 itself I wouldn't 
like to say.  I doubt candle number is related to survival time.

I'd also go with the idea of DD's birthday being April 1st, which is 
indeed April fools' day in the UK.  He's about the only main (good) 
character whose birthday we don't know now, isn't he?  I wonder if 
it has any significance - perhaps he doesn't have one at all (if you 
want to go with the Phoenix idea).

Hannah