Snape as the HBP (Was: CHAPDISC: HBP30, The White Tomb)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 165786

Carol:

> How, then, could the Half-Blood Prince, whose 
> ancestry, Potions talents, and DADA talents match 
> Snape's, not be Snape? (I've already mentioned the 
> irony of Teen!Snape teaching Harry and Harry 
> empathizing with Teen!Snape, which would be entirely 
> lost if the HBP were anyone else? To have Snape lying 
> on this point, in the place where the revelation is 
> supposed to be (a la Fake!Moody as Barty Crouch) 
> would be *major* misdirection on JKR's part.

houyhnhnm:

I know how you feel about this one, Carol <g>.  So, 
I don't want to rake up the old arguments. (#156762, 
#156781 and thereabouts)  Time will tell.  Four months, 
two weeks, and one day.  If it turns out that Snape *is* 
the Half Blood Prince, I will eat crow most willingly.  
On the other hand, if he isn't, I get to say, "Ha!". 
(JKR commit a major misdirection? Nevah!)

> Carol, who just does not get this compuslion to 
> discredit Snape, especially on the part of DDM!Snapers

houyhnhnm:

I don't see how suggesting that Snape may not be the 
Half Blood Prince is discrediting him.  We already know 
he's a genius.  We didn't need the Prince's book to tell us that.