[HPforGrownups] Snape as Neville's teacher (was:Re: Snape as Noble teache...

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In a message dated 5/7/2007 2:47:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com writes:

 
Sandy:
There is one more element to 
> this. If, as some of you  seem to believe (and I won't argue 
against it), Snape 
> has healing  powers, why does he let Neville stand there injured 
and in pain? 
>  Let him suffer a little longer; that will teach him a  lesson.
<SNIP>

Alla:

That's an interesting thing and  well spotted that he does not heal 
Neville, but are you sure that he  indeed has healing powers or he 
just knows countercurse from the curse he  developed?

I would say it is just as possible that he specifically  developed 
that one countercurse for the safety purposes in case somebody  who 
does not need to will fall in the line of fire, sort of self  
preservation?

JMO,

Alla


 


Sandy:
 
In fact, I wasn't even thinking about the Sectumsempra  curse. I was 
referring to Katie and the necklace and Dumbledore and the ring.  Others on the list 
have used these two examples, as well as the Sectumsempra  incident, and the 
fact that DD wanted Snape after returning from the cave, to  point out that 
Snape is qualified as a healer. Since he was effective in three  of the four cases 
I can't argue against him having certain abilities to heal.  There is one 
thing, though. In all three of these incidents, the injury or  illness was caused 
by "dark" magic, if, indeed, Sectumsempra is a dark curse.  There is no doubt 
that the poisoned necklace and cursed ring were dark magic.  Kind of makes 
you wonder about Snape's healing abilities, doesn't  it?
 
Sandy



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