Prince/Pince Re: Reason Dumbledore trusted Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 171831


> va32h:
> 
> In the case of the unicorn - the only thing similiar in those 
> descriptions is the use of "angles" to describe the position of the 
> legs. You say yourself that Rowling *doesn't* describe Dumbledore's 
> hair as being spread out like the unicorn mane, even though she 
> possibly could. Again, a clue of omission. No, I don't think JKR 
> expected her readers to assume that Dumbledore's hair was spread out 
> like the unicorn's mane was five books ago. She doesn't even expect 
> us to remember that Sirius' brother is named Regulus, even though we 
> learned that just one book previously. 

Pippin:
There's a similarity of description that runs from the unicorn, through
Cedric, to Sirius and finally to Dumbledore.

"It was the unicorn all right, and it was dead. Harry had never seen anything
so beautiful and so sad. Its long slender legs were stuck out at odd angles 
where it had fallen and its mane was pearly-white on the dark leaves."

"Cedric was lying spread-eagled on the ground beside him. He was
dead.

For a second that contained an eternity, Harry stared into Cedric's
face, at his open gray eyes, blank and expressionless as the windows
of a deserted house, at his half-open mouth, which looked slightly 
surprised."

"And Harry saw the look of mingled fear and surprise on his godfather's
wasted, once-handsome face as he fell through the ancient doorway and
disappeared behind the veil, which fluttered for a moment as though in
a high wind and then fell back into place."

"there was still no preparation for seeing him here, spread-eagled,
broken: the greatest wizard Harry had ever, or would ever, meet."

It's an obvious clue, I think, that these deaths are thematically 
linked. 

There *is*  a JKR statement pointing to Snape's family: the bizarre
"FAQ" quoted on her website that Snape is Luna Lovegood's father, 
and her answer, "Snape doesn't have a daughter." Speculation has 
run to whether he has a son, but maybe the right question is what's 
become of his mum. Madam Pince is last seen standing next to
Filch. There's been a closeness between Snape and Filch too. In
PS/SS Filch binds Snape's wounded leg, and in GoF they converse
in strangely familiar terms, with Snape showing a lot less of his
usual formality.

Now maybe it's all another Vampire!Snape. But we'll soon know.

Pippin