Bad Writing? (was: JKR and the boys)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 162992

 
> SSSusan:
big snip
  However, the wall you 
> will run up against in this assertion is that it cannot be proven 
as 
> fact, since we're with Harry in his POV and he did not definitively 
> *see* Snape drop the vial.  Harry "knows" it to be true, but Harry 
> has been wrong about what he "knows" before.
> 
> In this case, I think what Harry "knows" is true, but there you 
have 
> it.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

Potion-"The Wall"-cat:
"Oops!" One of my favorite things to discuss! Probably one that will 
be even less important than "Is Harry's cousin, Mark Evans, going to 
be a Muggle or a wizard?"

I think Draco broke the vial, and Snape said "Oops" in support of 
Draco....one of those sweet bonding moments between Mentor and 
Protege. My main reason for thinking that it wasn't Snape, is that it 
seemed different from his usual mistreatment of Harry. Usually he's 
using his power, but for a teacher to drop the vial seems weak. I 
can't see Snape making himself look weak in front of the class. 
However he often supports Slytherin misbehavior against Gryffindors 
cough"I see no difference"cough and this seems more in that vein.

You realise, Snape doesn't come out any better if Draco is the one 
who broke it.


Wynnleaf wrote in 162991:
Still, my point is that if Snape didn't drop that vial, even though
JKR made sure almost all of her readers would *assume* he dropped
it, then she has to have planned on revisiting that incident later.
Any thoughts on the likelihood that she'll revisit it?

"The Wall":
Yeah, it's a petty little moment. No, I doubt we'll ever know. Well, 
unless Draco, in his last gasp of life confesses to Harry.

This is going to seem to like an odd twist of the thread, but here's 
something similar. Something in HBP has nagged at me. It's one of 
those things that's probably been discussed but I haven't followed 
the right thread. It's another Snape-off-the-page moment.

McGonagall, scolding Harry about the bathroom incident says something 
along the line of "Professor Snape told us precisely what happened..."
Isn't that clever? How do we really know "what" he told the teachers? 
She doesn't ask Harry for his side, does she?

Potioncat, waving to SSSusan, and happy to see her posting again.