[HPforGrownups] I See No Difference/Snape's Patronus/Potter Pronunciation

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160809

> Pippin:
> It depends on what you mean by 'favors'. I think Snape wants a positive
> relationship with Draco and his family, which he thinks he can get
> by being soft on him. It works, at least as far as Narcissa goes, but
> fails with Draco himself, whom we see in HBP actually has little
> respect for the teacher he knows has indulged him.

Magpie:
I couldn't disagree more.  Draco shows consistent respect for Snape for 5 
years (which is why Harry himself is shocked to hear him speak to him 
disrespectfully).  His attitude in HBP has nothing to do with Snape being 
soft on him.  He's challenging one of his most respected father 
figures--just as Harry's anger at Dumbledore in OotP does not indicate that 
he's lost respect for him.  In both cases the relationship can handle an 
angry teenager spouting off when he's under pressure.  I don't think 
Dumbledore or Snape take that aspect to heart.  In Draco's case especially I 
think his anger at Snape was more to do with the non-softness that is 
Snape--he's a DE.  Imo Draco responds well to Snape because he's not 
soft--which doesn't mean he doesn't favor him.  But he favors him in a way 
that, imo, inspires respect in Draco, not contempt.  That, for me, adds to 
the emotional impact of their storyline in HBP for both of them.

Dorothy:
I suspect that Snape is not capable of casting a Patronus - can you imagine 
that man having a happy memory?  Is there an example of him successfully 
casting one?

Magpie:
I think every competent adult Wizard can cast a Patronus.  Since the Order 
uses Patronuses to communicate with each other, I think it's safe to assume 
Snape can do one.  Also JKR, iirc, said she couldn't reveal what Snape's 
Patronus was because it would give too much away, implying he has one.

Carol:
Carol, not sure how JKR pronounces "Accio" but perfectly happy with
"AK-kee-oh," which fits what she was taught once upon a time about Latin

Magpie:
I feel compelled to add a "hear hear" to this bit.  I don't know if my high 
school Latin is responsible for my own pronounciation as AK-kio all these 
years, but there they both are.

-m