Snape in flight (Was: Snape's minor memories)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 165530

zanooda wrote: 
> Hermione played Quidditch with Harry, Ron and Ginny in summer, but 
> she was "dreadful" (HBP,p.105). I agree with you both about Snape 
> though. I see him as someone who would master every skill considered 
> useful in WW. He despises "weakness" and would hate to appear weak 
> and incompetent in any situation. He doesn't have a natural gift, but 
> he seems to be hard-working and determined enough to become a decent 
> flyer.
>  
> 
> zanooda, who intended to end her post with an example of a situation 
> where someone needs to use a broom instead of Apparition, but 
> couldn't think of any, probably because of the late hour...
>
Carol responds:
I still think that the broom in the memory behaves as if it's hexed,
not as if the boy riding (young Severus) it is having trouble through
his own lack of ability. And the referee example shows that he *can*
fly. Again, Ron and Harry would have laughed themselves silly if he'd
been inadequate in any way, and spitting in the books is a sign of
anger, not flying sickness.

That aside, we hear of Dumbledore taking a broom rather than
Apparating (in part, probably, because of the anti-Apparition spells
on Hogwarts and its grounds) in SS/PS, so if Snape needed to leave
Hogwarts for some reason, he'd be in the same position. (Take a broom
or run all the way to the gates so you can Apparate? I'd choose a
broom in those circumstances.)

And interestingly, we see him in OoP in a long black traveling cloak.
Why would he need a traveling cloak to Apparate? Maybe he parked his
broom in the entryway or just outside the door of 12 GP? Just a thought.

Carol, thinking that the advantage of having a view from a broom (A
Broom with a View) would be outweighed by the chief disadvantage of
flying in daylight, being spotted by Muggles