[HPforGrownups] (no subject)

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 156364

Nikkalmati:
> You are speaking as if this were RL or these scenes were chosen by  chance.
> Jo Rowling is in charge and she shows us what she wants us to  see.  She
> shows us, by her own choice, that the attack on Snape was  unprovoked.

She shows us that Snape picked the memories so as to give the
impression that it was unprovoked.

>  She could
> easily have given us an indication that it was  retaliation,

How? IMO, It would be _very_ OOC for Snape to reveal this. It's not at
all "easy" to give an indication of this without it coming from snape.

Nikkalmati:
>  I happen to think that when Jo doesn't show us something, we  have to take
> that seriously and not act as if she just forgot to include  it. The burden is
> on anyone who proposes that things happened that we  are not shown in
> canon to explain why Jo is withholding this information from  us.

I think it's perfectly obvious why _Snape_ is withholding this
information, if said information indeed exists.

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Random832