Where did he learn it all? (was Re: Severus's memories and schoolyard curses)

Tonks tonks_op at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 1 05:13:15 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 150348

> 
>   Carol:
>   So while I don't deny an early interest in the Dark Arts on 
Severus's part, rather odd on the part of a half-blood with a Muggle 
father if that father had any part in his upbringing, (Snip)
> 
> 
>   kchuplis:
>   Snape up to his eyebrows in dark arts has to indicate that Snape 
had some kind of Dark Art knowledge beyond what most students had. I 
just can't interpret that any other way. Since they don't teach it 
at Hogwarts, I have to believe he learned it elsewhere. That is 
canon.
> 

Tonks:
I am starting to wonder where Snape learned these dark arts that he 
is said to know at age 12.  Before HBP I assumed him to be a pure-
blood and from a family of dark wizards. But now we find that his 
father was a Muggle. That begs some questions to ponder. Was his 
mother involved in the dark arts? Was she the battered woman we 
think she was, or not? What sort of family were the Princes?  Did 
Snape know Bella as a child?  Why do Snape and Bella have such a 
tense relationship? Does this go back to before DE days?

Questions, questions, questions.  Answers anyone??

Tonks_op








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