Canon for OFH!Lucius

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 161032

Carol, earlier:
> > > As for "slimy," which you use to characterize Snape, Merriam-
Webster
online gives us:

Main Entry: slimy
Pronunciation: 'slI-mE
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): slim·i·er; -est
1 : of, relating to, or resembling slime : VISCOUS; also : covered
with or yielding slime
2 : VILE, OFFENSIVE

and "slime" itself (since what we have here is an incomplete 
definition):

Main Entry: 1slime
Pronunciation: 'slIm
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slIm; akin to Middle High
German slIm slime, Latin limus mud -- more at LIME
1 : soft moist earth or clay; especially : viscous mud
2 : a viscous, glutinous, or gelatinous substance: as a : a mucous or
mucoid secretion of various animals (as slugs and catfishes) b : a
product of wet crushing consisting of ore ground so fine as to pass a
200-mesh screen
3 : a repulsive or odious person

Pippin:
> > 
> > An unattractive substance with protective, even healing 
properties?

Carol again.:
> What healing properties can you find in slime, whether it's the 
slimy
> trail that snails and slugs (nasty creatures that destroy plants)
> create for themselves or pond scum? Can you think of a single 
positive
> connotation for slime or slimy? I quoted you the dictionary
> definitions and the synonyms, ever one of them revolting and 
derogatory.

Ceridwen:
I just had to jump in here.  The vilest substance of a healing nature 
that I know of is aloe vera straight from the leaf.  The stuff has 
the look of egg-white, and is so sticky, gooey and slimey that it is 
nearly as much torture to use it as it is to have a horrible 
sunburn.  I know this for a fact, due to a horrible sunburn, in case 
you couldn't guess.  *g*  So, I would say that aloe vera straight 
from the leaf is "an unattractive substance with protective, even 
healing properties".

Saying someone is slimey is more likely not a direct reference to 
slime, but to something unpleasant.  Sirius could well see Snape as 
someone unattractive, but possibly (at least according to Dumbledore) 
with some good qualities.  Lupin certainly benefits from Snape's 
talents during PoA.

Ceridwen.