7 reasons why - The Glass is Half Empty.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 174337

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > 
> > CathyD:
> > Oh, you have a different book than I have. Snape 
> > never even looked at the letter in the Canadian 
> > edition, snip
> 
> Potioncat:
> Yeah, I do. Mine has pictures. ;-)  I put in a 
> disclaimer that only the parts between brackets are 
> firm canon. The rest was filler---lots of filler. And
> all of it is 'tongue in cheek.'
> 
> CathyD:
>  As I have said before, there is no way it could come
> to be in that house as Sirius left the house when he 
> was 16, to return when he was 35-36 once it was made 
> HQ of the OotP. 
> 
> Potioncat:
> I've tried to get back to the beginning of this thread,
> but the server is too busy. So I'll just jump in. And 
> another disclaimer, I've only read the book once. 
> 
> I actually agree with you. Snape's finding the letter 
> makes no sense at all for these reasons:
> 
> 1. If he got into the house before Moody set the curses,
> why did no one notice the house had been ransacked?
> 

bboyminn:

Who says no one noticed. That is an assumption on your
part.

> Potioncat:
> 2. If he came after Moody died, how did he get past 
> the curses. ... And anyway, the curses should have 
> faded when Moody died.
> 

bboyminn:

Well, we know he came before, so moot point.

Some curse fade, some don't; the book establishes that.


> Potioncat:
> 3. What was Snape looking for? How did he know a 
> letter from Lily would be there? ...
> 

bboyminn:

He searched every room, there's no evidence he was
specifically searching for Lily's letter. We don't know
/what/ he was looking for, but do we need to know? How
does that advance the story? Yes, we are curious, but
it is enough to know he was searching.

> Potioncat:
> 4. It makes no sense for the letter to be forgotten
> in Sirius's childhood bedroom. etc... etc... etc...

bboyminn:

The glass is half full; really it is.

There are some who stumble across an issue like this
are content to assume it is wrong wrong wrong. I, on
the other hand, always assume there IS an explanation,
I just don't know what it is.

People keep saying that there is no explanation for 
that letter being there, yet when explanations are 
suggested, they are written off as fan-fiction and
fantasy. Well, you either want an explanation or 
your don't; apparently, many don't.

Hows this -

When Sirius went to prison, his last remaining friend,
Lupin, cleared out his apartment/flat and stored his 
possessions. When Sirius returned and was proven
innocent, Lupin brought those possessions to him at
Grimmauld Place, where Sirius unpack them and enjoyed
reminiscing over them while he wiled way endless hours
in seclusion. 

I'm not say that IS THE Explanation, but it could be
AN explanation, if you are willing to accept that an
explanation does exist. 

If you are convince that there absolutely is NO 
explanation, then no explanation will ever be good
enough.

It's your choice.

Steve/bboyminn