Handwriting (WAS:Re: CHAPDISC, HBP 10)

[zeldaricdeau]

No: HPFGUIDX 148753

> > brady wrote:
> >
> > How is it that he [Harry] didn't place the exam handwriting and
> > the HBP book writing together? At least a faint - "I have seen
> > this writing before...but where?" kind of contemplation would
> > have been more suspenseful in HBP than this case where HP
> > doesn't recognise it at all.

> kchuplis replied:
>
> Maybe as an adult or if you were looking for some reason (and
> certainly Harry had no reason to connect The Prince, who he likes
> and admires, with Snape), but I know that at least for myself, at
> that age, that kind of thing wouldn't even hit my consciousness.  I
> don't really find that odd at all.

zeldaricdeau now:

I often wonder if Harry did recognize the writing on a subconcious 
level but by the time he did was so enamored of the Prince as a 
friend and mentor that the recognition only came subconciously. His 
concious mind may simply have ignored the information because the 
meaning wasn't something Harry wanted to accept: that the person he 
admired and who was helping him was Snape. This is similar to what I 
believe you are saying kchuplis? Please, correct me if I am wrong.

However, I have often wondered why neither Ron nor Hermione 
recognized the handwriting? Surely both have seen the adult Snape's 
handwriting at some point. Most likely Ron has seen it a good deal 
more than Hermione. Why did neither of them recognize it? Has 
Snape's handwriting changed as he grew older (not unheard of)? Did 
Ron simply not pay attention? Has Hermione simply not seen as much 
of his handwriting owing to her homework probably having fewer 
snarky comments?

Any thoughts?

-ZR (who appologizes if this has been covered and she missed it)