Snape killing flies WAS: Re: Lily WAS: First lesson

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No: HPFGUIDX 185747

Siriusly Snapey Susan
> > Why would there be a memory of him trying to ride a bucking broom 
> > and having a girl laughing along with him out of excitement, 
> > making it at least a semi-positive memory? No, I think the girl 
> > laughing *at* Severus is what we're supposed to conclude; as in, 
> > yet another instance where something is going wrong for poor 
> > Severus.

Potioncat:
> Not all the memories in Harry's head were bad. The one with Cho was
> simply deeply personal...as if the others weren't, but you know 
> what I mean.

SSSusan:
Okay, fair enough re: not all the memories being negative.  I still 
think it was her laughing at him a bit, though.  More on that below.


Potioncat:
> So, if the girl is Lily, and I think she must be, Snape wouldn't 
> want Harry to see the whole memory. After all, this is what happens 
> next:
>
> The broom thows him to the ground. Lily rushes over to see if he is 
> all right. Then she kisses him and exclaims, "Sev, you're so brave!"

SSSusan:
LOL.  So *that's* what came next! ;)


zanooda:
> > Yeah, but sometimes you can't help but laugh when someone 
> > unwillingly does something funny, even though you are aware that 
> > the other person wouldn't like it :-). It's not so easy to 
> > control - you can try to suppress laughter, but still, you won't 
> > be able to conceal what you are doing. 

SSSusan:
I agree.  Especially if you suspect the person isn't in any *real* 
danger or a dire situation.  Heck, just this past Saturday, I could 
*not* control my laughter when a girl called my 10-year-old son, to 
see if he could go to the movies with her.  HE was adamant that this 
was not a DATE, but my daughter & I just couldn't avoid laughing at 
him, even though we knew it would set my son off if he realized we 
were muffling it.  


> lizzyben:
> And it's quite reminiscent of another memory in which Snape was in 
> a humiliating, awkward situation that Lily found amusing:
> 
> "A second flash of light later, Snape was hanging upside down in 
> the air, his robes falling over his head to reveal skinny, pallid 
> legs and a pair of graying underpants.
> 
> Lily, whose furious expression had twitched for an instant as 
> though she was going to smile..."

SSSusan:
Here's the dreaded "Yep, I agree." 

Siriusly Snapey Susan,
getting away with a "Me, too" post by pretending to have something 
additional to say above it (heh heh)