[HPforGrownups] OotP: That Hazing Scene

[Madam Marozi]

No: HPFGUIDX 135210



Gatta:

> 1. How come Snape is running around in nothing but
> his underwear under his robes? 

Marozi:

This seems to vary according to circumstances/personal
preferences, but Snape is apparently not a trouser
fan.  In PS/SS, for instance, Harry sees his bare legs
when his robes are lifted.  At least he does wear
underpants, unlike the old boy in the nightgown at the
World Cup.

Gatta:

> 2. Why does Lily tell Snape to wash his pants
> (apart, of course, from the fact that they needed
> it)? Wouldn't laundry arrangements at Hogwarts be a
> trifle more...magical?

Marozi:

The elves can't wash your underwear if you NEVER
CHANGE IT, Snivellus!  <---Inner Sirius coming out.

> 4. Finally, if Snape is such a hotshot at magic and
> runs with a tough Slitherin gang (GoF, p. 531, hb
> U.S. edition), how did he get into such a
> relationship with the Marauders in the first place?


Marozi:

I've always suspected that what we see in SWM is a
single instance in an ongoing two-way hex war between
the Marauders and Snape's "gang," which I think is
supported by HBP.  I think if Snape invented
Levicorpus, he pretty much had to have fired the first
shot with that one.  From the way Lupin talks about
it, it certainly sounds like it got used against him a
time or two.  So James and Sirius using it against
Snape might have been in the nature of a retaliatory
strike.




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