Eileen & Tobias was (What is poetic justice? WAS: Re:

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 143568

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
 
> 
> In Post 143542
> 
> > colebiancardi:
> > One of the ideas I had on why little Severus knew so much about the
> > dark arts when he started Hogwarts was that Eileen taught him, but 
> not
> > because she was a Voldemort supporter.  She went to school with
> > Riddle, perhaps was in the same house(we don't know what house she 
> was
> > sorted in - another mystery).  She would have seen his rise to power
> > and the way he fought those who opposed him.  My thought is that she
> > taught her son not only to defend himself against the dark arts -
> > which would explain why he knew so much about them - but also to use
> > them - as a means to fight fire with fire, if he was ever attacked.
> 
> Potioncat:
> I'm not sure how many people understand that LV was Tom Riddle. But 
> you're right, Eileen would have overlapped TR at school and may know 
> it's the same person...assuming she was still alive when he rose to 
> power.
>

colebiancardi:
didn't Tom change his name to Lord Voldemort during his stay at
Hogwarts?   I don't know how many people knew about it, but when Voldy
came back to apply for the job at Hogwarts, it was about the time
Snape would have been born, no?  He was being called Voldemort at that
time and he did have Death Eaters, so it is quite possible Eileen knew
about Riddle/Voldemort.  At any rate, someone had to have taught Snape
dark arts prior to his enrollment at Hogwarts - it wasn't his dad,
that is for sure.  What I meant by the rise of Voldy's power is that
timestretch, not the 1970's, in which he was already firmly in place.
 
> Slughorn was fairly indifferent to Dark Arts if you ask me. He 
> commented that wizards of a certain calibre were drawn to them. He 
> states that DD is adamant that certain magic not be taught. If Eileen 
> was a Slytherin, she probably had ample opportunity to learn Dark 
> Arts.
> > 

colebiancardi:  I think that perhaps a lot of wizards at that time
were indifferent to the Dark Arts - look at Durmstrang.  They still
teach it.    I think the teaching of Dark Arts were prohibited once DD
became headmaster, but I don't have the quote for it.  I could be
wrong.  Not the first time :-)

 
colebiancardi...