[HPforGrownups] DH: Right and Wrong

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 172504

Bart Lidofsky wrote:
> B) Did anybody else, the second the doe Patronus appeared, say to themselves, "Snape!"? I 
> did, and, for the life of me, I'm not entirely sure why it seemed so obvious to me. 

I think it's because his patronus was built up as being this big 
secret/would be a spoiler/etc.

> C) Snape's running away cinched it for me, though. Whatever else he is, Snape was no coward. 
> 
> D) My frequently repeated explanation of why Snape killed DD was dead on. But
> I'm still only giving myself a 95% for that, because I didn't figure out WHY
> DD kept his reason for trusting Snape a secret.

And in retrospect it seems so simple. He didn't tell anyone because 
Snape asked him not to.

> 3) Does anybody know who the person who didn't use magic before who used it late in life was?

Leading theory seems to be that it was Merope, in book 6. I think a lot 
of people assumed it was going to be book 7 because we'd all built up 
"It's going to be Petunia! or it's going to be Dudley!"