Cheating

[Cheryl]

No: HPFGUIDX 146311

I know we're not supposed to bring up the Cinema-That-Must-Not-Be-
Named, but I've kind of been using it to "cheat" when trying to 
figure out what is coming in the next book and the discussion about 
who is using magic late in life has made me think about the CTMNBN.  
Figg does not appear at all and in the latest film there is a VERY 
prominent scene of Filch marching into the Great Hall.  I can't 
remember why he does this, but it struck me as strange at the time.  
He's been a pretty prominent figure in all of them.

On a related note, there is a scene in the third CTMNBN that shook my 
firm belief in ESE!Snape.  Harry, Ron, and Hermione had just exited 
the tunnel from the shrieking shack and Lupin started to transform.  
Snape burst out of the tunnel in a rage, then spotted the werewolf 
and "instinctively" leaped in front of the kids to protect them.  
This was such an obvious scene that I had to wonder if JKR would have 
let them keep it in there if Snape were really all that evil...

I used to think good ole' Snapey was ESE! but now I gotta wonder.  
Also, did anyone notice in HBP that when Snape was talking to 
Narcissa about Draco that Snape said, "I happen to know about Draco's 
mission."  However, no one ever actually mentioned what Draco's 
mission was.  Did Snape REALLY know?  Or was he just pulling Bella's 
chain and got in a bit over his head when Narcissa asked for the UV?

Nicky Joe