Snape's Patronus-producing capabilities (wasRe: Ultimate and Last Bragging Right

[juli17 at aol.com]

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houyhnhnm:

I don't think you need to have a *nice* happy memory  
to conjure a Patronus.  When Harry produced one for 
extra credit  during his Transfiguration OWL practical, 
he used the mental image of  Umbridge getting sacked.  
If all it takes is the thought of something  bad 
happening to someone you don't like, I would expect 
Snape to be a  Patronus champ.
Julie:
LOL! Snape must be churning those Patroni out so quickly they're
tripping all over each other! Egad--now I've got this picture in my head  of
Harry and Snape having a Patronus-conjuring contest where each one
is imagining horrid thing after horrid thing befalling the other  as they 
shoot
clouds of Patroni into the air. I'm not sure who would eventually outlast  the
other, I just know they could both go on for a long while!
 
houyhnhnm:
I think there is some other relevance to the fact 
that  Harry disagreed with Snape on the best way to 
tackle Dementors, than that  Snape has trouble producing 
a Patronus.  For one thing, Harry made a  prediction 
that Snape was going to grade him down for disagreeing, 
but  we never found out what he got on the essay.  We're 
still waiting for  that penny to drop.  The purpose of 
the passage could be only to show  the tenacity of Harry's 
distrust of Snape.  It could also be intended  to show 
Harry's growing maturity and self-confidence in his 
expertise as  a DADA practitioner.  He is not afraid 
to disagree with a professor,  even one with whom he 
has had an adversarial relationship.  
 
Julie:
I've wondered before how Harry would react if he got his final  marks
from his sixth year, and it turned out Snape had given him an  "O"
on that essay. I can't imagine it would really change Harry's  opinion
of Snape at this point (Harry would probably think Snape gave him  an
"O" as some parting sarcastic jab), though it could be one of the 
things he ponders later if it turns out Snape is DDM. 

houyhnhnm:
Or it could be laying the groundwork for something  
that is going to happen in DH (I hope).  Going just 
by all the mist  on both the US deluxe and UK book covers, 
I think Dementors are going to  play an important part 
in the action of DH.  Soul bits and soul  suckers; 
there's got to be a connection.  Since I'm a kinda 
sorta  believer that Harry's scar contains a Voldemort 
soul bit (and an adamant  DDM!Snaper), I'm hoping that 
Snape's method of dealing with Dementors will  come into 
play to liberate Harry from the little Dark Lord in 
his head  without destroying Just!Harry.
 
Julie:
I'm hoping with you. Like Tonks's changed Patronus, the passing 
mention of this specific essay seems very much like JKR's typical
method of foreshadowing a concept that will come into full play in
a later book. And since there's only one book left...
 
Julie






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