CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 161218


> > Zgirnius;
> >The songlike chant for a 
> > healing spell makes some sense because of the association of 
> > phoenixes with healing. 
> 
> a_svirn:
> I don't think so. The songlike quality was due to the fact that 
Snape 
> *chanted* (that is intoned the incantation in certain rhythm) 
rather 
> than pronounced it normally. Fawkes, on the other hand, sings 
without 
> words.
>

Potioncat:
This was going to be my reply to the question, and I had written it 
before I saw these replies. So I'll post it here.

The songlike countercurse is new. JKR hasn't shown us anything like 
that before. Madam Pomfrey uses potions. Even the DADA teacher who 
knew his remedies used chocolate.  I think it does make Snape seem 
very Phoenix-like. 

Let's see. Is he like a Phoenix in other ways? He sings a cure and 
stoppers death. Come to think of it he regresses to child like 
behavior and just about bursts into flame from time to time.

Sorry, it's a silly day. But I do think his song is supposed to make 
us think of a phoenix.