QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES BY KENNILWORTHY WHISP

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 165108

Alla:
> I am always quite skeptical about the theories of Madam Pince being 
> Snape's mother in disguise, but when I read this warning, I was 
> thinking that she does sound a bit like Snape here or does she? 
> Thoughts?

zgirnius:
Snape was a little oddball up to his eyes in the Dark Arts. His 
reaction to taking an exam, on which he wrote more than anyone else, 
and that in his small, cramped handwriting, was to go off on jis own 
to look over the test. I'd bet he spent a lot of time in the library 
in his student days. Perhaps Madam Pince was a formative influence on 
his teaching style? <g>

> 3. Oh, and that Madam Pince per Dumbledore had been known to **add 
> unusual jinxes to the books in her care**. HBP anybody?

zgirnius:
Hmm, yes, perhaps...I still am an "I am a Prince" skeptic.
 
> 4. 
> The witch (Madame Rabnott) is happy that she was not turned into 
> horned toad (That makes me think that the mentioning of horned 
toads 
> in GoF is not accidental) 

zgirnius:
Do you mean, this indicates that Rowling is aware that a horned toad 
is a type of lizard? Or do you mean something else?