Snape's textbook and Narcissa's tears

[davenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 133928

<ersatzharry at y...> wrote:
> At the same time, I'm having trouble seeing how this little feat 
> could
> realistically have been engineered.  Was this the real reason that
> Slughorn was brought back?  Let's see, says DD, Harry won't take
> Potions any more if he got too low an OWL, therefore he won't have
> bought the text, therefore my putting Slughorn in will get Harry to
> take the class without a text and will create an excuse to put 
> Snape's old text in his hands.  Feels like a bit much.  Any thoughts?

My thoughts are that if DD did do this on purpose - including putting 
Snape in a position where he knows he won't last a year - it wasn't to 
get Snape's book in Harry's hands; it was to enable Harry to become an 
Auror.

- davenclaw