Snape didn't make the Unbreakable Vow

[kmrhapsody]

No: HPFGUIDX 161800

Potioncat:
> > I'm with Carol here, I think "left" as past tense of leave is no
> > more significant than "said" in dialogue. It's just a transition
> > word.
> >
> > It would be interesting to see if "right" as a direction is used
> > when other characters are involved, or if JKR just tends to
> > place things to the left most of the time.

Shelley:
> This line of thought would only be productive if the word "left"
> appears to be used far more than "right" appears. One would have
> to look at the passages and count them up. Otherwise, it's just
> a "left" theory, and suddenly you notice the passages saying
> "left" far more than the passages that say "right". It's a
> subconscious thing, but may not add up to a disproportionate use
> of the word "left" over the whole series.
<snip>
> And, as already mentioned, you cannot look at passages that say
> someone moved left, or something that was located on the left, and
> connect them in any way to Snape's wand hand, as the two are
> entirely unrelated.



It reminds me of the conversations with Chris Carter, the creator of
the X-Files television series. He was always blown away at the
theories that fan would come up with to explain everything from
apartment or hotel numbers to the amount of times that Agent Mulder
would eat sunflower seeds and its significance to the plot.

I think the left/opposite theory is very interesting, but perhaps too
much work to incorporate into an already richly detailed body of work.  Rowling is certainly mensa material, but my head hurts just imagining the kind of writer's block that kind of deliberate writing mightproduce.....

Still a newbie,

K.