How HBP could have interwoven into CoS (Was: Re: Eileen Prince)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 156321

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" 
<spotthedungbeetle at ...> wrote:
>
>  > Consider:
> PS: Snape hates Harry because he hated James, but he never wanted 
> Harry dead.
> CoS: (if the HBP plot had been left in) Snape's a highly gifted 
> half-blood with a penchant for the Dark Arts. As it is, we learned 
> nothing about Snape, except that he *really* hates Harry.
> PoA: The hatred between Snape and the Marauders in more detail, 
> along with The Werewolf Caper.
> GoF: Snape was a Death Eater, but rejoined DD's side before 
> Voldemort's fall.
> OotP: Snape is a gifted Occlumens, which is how he manages his 
> double-agent role, Sirius *really* hates him, and doesn't think 
> he's really reformed.
> HBP: Spinners End etc, bang bang bang.
> Book 7: Either the cunning ruse which convinced DD to trust him, or 
> the big reversal, and his real reasons for wanting Voldy finished. 
> (You know which I'm rooting for.)
>  

I believe that in CoS, we learned that Snape was an expert duelist 
and was pretty quick on his feet.   And that he kinda man-handled 
Draco in the dueling scene with Harry.  Or is that the movie?  
Anyway, there seems to be more than just potions to our Potions 
Master - he can duel - a hint of his power to come in HBP

colebiancardi