The Potions Book: Is Snape *really* the HBP?

[colebiancardi]

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> Ray said:
> >   Another thing that bothers me, though ... Snape with his strict
> > interpretations of Hogwarts' rules (at least when Harry is around) 
does not  strike me
> > as the kind who would write in his textbook,
> 
> Are we absolutely sure the handwriting in the book is Snape's and not
> Eileen's?  I think we're meant to believe that it's Snape's.  As
> intelligent as Snape seems to be, it's hard to imagine he would have
> to write any of that information down for later.
> 
> Perhaps he struggled as much as any other Hogwarts student at the
> time, wrote his notes in his books by necessity.
> Perhaps he had to write them down because the material came from
> someone else to begin with.
> 
> -mgm

mgm - I do believe it was Snape's book and his own notes and spells.  
Just because Snape is "by the book" as a teacher, doesn't mean as that 
is the way he was as a teenager.  I know I do not have the same habits 
today that I had as a kid.   Also, he has to set a **good** example to 
his students...cough, cough...I know, he's a nasty git...but when you 
cut thru the sarcasm, he is a very good Professor in the subjects he 
teaches.  

Also, as an adult, if Snape is still a good guy and is still a spy, he 
isn't playing by any strict rules here - he has to be very inventive 
to make sure his cover isn't blown

colebiancardi