CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 11, QUIDDITCH

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 188399


> bboyminn:
> 
> This has to be something Snape made up on the spot, though I
> don't see why he would harass Harry at that particular moment.



Potioncat:
Like the others, I'll jump in with this question and answer the others later. Boy, SSSusan, you know how to pick your questions! This ranks up there with "Oops" in my opinion.

As I read this incident this time, the Trio have the jar of fire, which they think may be against the rules. When they see Snape they try to conceal it. That conjures an image in my mind of three kids who look like they're up to something. That caught Snape's attention and he came over to see what was going on. Nothing seemed to be amiss, but he did spot the QTTA book. (In answer to a snipped portion, yes, it was a library book.)

We all know Snape. Even those of us who call him "friend" know Snape. He's in front of Celebrity Potter, Jr. who has just been allowed to play Quidditch as a first year AND has been given an exceptional broom, and he's actually studying the game. Taking the book would be a good way to keep Potter from gaining any more advantage.

I fully understand why many readers would think Snape made up the rule; maybe he did, but it would be a silly thing to do to pretend a rule existed that didn't. Besides, we all know that librarians are a little insane when it concerns their books and Madam Pince is one of the worst. I wouldn't be surprised if she did have a rule that her library books cannot go outside. Though I doubt teachers have ever enforced the rule.

Potioncat, waving to Susan ;-)