Snape and Harry's Power/Mindlock and Fire/Air/Water: WAS Fire Air and Water

[AyanEva]

No: HPFGUIDX 142370

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the lateness of the reply AyanEva. My son just turned nine! 

Me:
That's OK! I haven't had a chance to answer you properly until now. A
bunch of stupid projects due... *grumbles* I'll be so happy if I never
hear another word about Michelangelo ever again.

>  
> > AyanEva said:
> >
> > Maybe part of point of Snape goading Harry all along was to get a 
> > rise out of Harry and see what exactly he was capable of? 
> 
> 
> Valky:
> Ahhh we agree on that one :D I hated it pre-HBP but have changed my
> mind since, for several reasons, one of which is the fact that Snape
> never once 'rounded on' Neville in HBP, and another is that he spent
> almost his entire page time with Harry in *silence*, even seemingly
> hushing people just to achieve it. That seems to say he found what
he was looking for IMO.
>

Me:
I'm going to return to a question that we've already discussed because
I just thought of something to add to it. If we establish that Snape
first noticed Harry's aura thing at the end of OOTP, and if we assume
that his goading of Harry from that point forward was for the sake of
examination, then that leaves us with the question of, "Why did Snape
goad Harry from before the end of OOTP on back to PS/SS?" We have the
option, once again, of saying that Snape hated The Marauders, thus his
hatred of Harry. Or we have Snape loved Lilly. *holds sides and laughs
hysterically...darn flamingos* Personally, I'm leaving that one out
because, IMO, it's just so OOC for Snape that I just can't imagine it.
 I can't prove that the theory's wrong, but it makes me *cringe*
Anyway, the third obvious option, Snape is jealous of Harry's fame for
doing a whole lot of nothing (at the time of PS/SS), whereas he gets
nada for risking his life. 

None of these explanations are enough to explain Snape's dislike of
Harry. Save for the unlikely, IMO, PINK FLAMINGOS.<---I think that's
the right acronym... In light of this, I begin to wonder about the
blood protection/ancient magic stuff. It's powerful enough to rebound
an AK, powerful enough to protect Harry at the Dursleys, it should be
powerful enough for someone properly attuned to detect it. I should
think, anyway. Which rounds us back to Snape and his theoretical
ability to sense Harry's aura later on at the end of OOTP and
throughout HBP. If he can pick up on stuff at this later stage,
shouldn't he be able to pick up something as strong as blood magic
whatever? Does this, in any way, fit into the reasoning behind his
extreme dislike for Harry? I just can't believe that whatever Lilly
did, as powerful as it was, wouldn't leave an energy/aura signature of
some sort. Darnit. Now, I'm going to have to go back through all of
the books and re-evaluate Snape's behavior towards Harry. What are
your thoughts on the matter?
 
 
> 
> > >Valky:
 Together it makes the simple analogy the power is
> *blood* and *blood* is the power. So does it finally explain why JKR
> hinted so strongly the Vampire!Snape ? The analogy can carry over to-
> Snape thirsts for this power like a Vampire thirsts for blood, could
> it not? 

Me:
Ooooh! Good one! This next bit of sugary nonsense is in line with your
analogy above, but also with regard to a)the pensieve memory of the
hook-nosed man screaming at the lady and b)the revelation of Eileen
Prince/Tobias Snape. It's just another possibility of the Harry-aura
idea, but it might not be completely incompatible with our original
idea, either. If blood=power and Harry's power= his mother's love,
protection, and self-sacrifice, we could go all saccharine and say
that Snape thirsts for Harry's power, ie: a mother's love, etc. And
that falls in line with all of that "our new celebrity" "I hate you
because everyone loves you" stuff. Snape doesn't hate Harry, he hates
was Harry has, which isn't necessarily raw power, but a mother's
protection that Snape's mother couldn't give him. And perhaps, he laid
aside his jealously (mostly) in favor of studying something that he
can't comprehend. It's like watching "Fabulous Life of..." on VH1. If
you don't know, it's a show that has episodes of "Fabulous Life of
Snoop Dog" or "Fabulous Life of Hollywood Royalty." Stuff like that.
In other words, they show you people who have a bunch of money that
you'll never have. Anyway, if you're like me and watch the show every
so often, you end up hating the rich/famous person because they have
what you don't, but at the same time you're intrigued by what you
can't have, so you have to watch. Make any sense? Bwah. I got all
psychoanalytical again. 

I just go to the end of your response and the "Snape Wants A Mommy"
theory could tie in with the "Make Snape Teary" effort.



> 
> Valky:
> <snip>
 So therefore during the battle between them at the end of HBP, the
> personalness between Harry and Snape had almost consumed Harry's sense
> pf perspective, narrowing his field of focus <snip>

Me:
Ah! I get it now. That actually makes a great deal of sense, both in
terms of emotional development and as its own plot device.

> > 
> > >Valky:
> > ><snip>
> All I mean here is that starting with your theory that Harry's aura
> got loud after he pushed Voldemort out of his body (which I really
> like btw), we assume that it is fuelled by emotions, so when Harry is
> feeling emotional it is louder. 
<snip>


Me:
Gotcha! That could pose a minor problem when he fights Ol' Moldy Voldy
Head... 


> 
>> Valky:
> but if they are to work
> together hormoniously Harry will have to hit Snapes deepest emotional
> nerve and get Snape teary.. Can you see it happening? (methinks not
> without Lily!) now if this happens, if Harry gets hot under the collar
<snip>
> element from Harry (Harry will look smart to Snape!) and it will
> return Snapes Air to balance! Voila Snape and Harry have just worked
> together harmoniously!

Me:
That's much clearer now, thanks! Someone could totally use that in a
SS/HP fanfic! Snape? Teary? Now, *that* I'd *love* to see! And I hope
it's *not* about Lily! *tries to wipe the chedder off of her hand* :-D


AyanEva