[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort's Intentions & Snape's Expectations

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 189824

Shelley:
> We don't know if
> he was a "genius" per se, because a lot of mistaken genius to other
> people isn't so much a high IQ or high natural talent as much as a "fair
> amount" of IQ or raw talent coupled with a STRONG drive and desire to
> use one's talents.

Bart:

     And, frankly, if we were concerned with textbook definitions here, 
that would be highly relevant. The question, however, is whether or not 
Morty considered Snape to be sufficiently useful as to be worth making a 
genuine offer of a reward as a way of increasing Snape's loyalty. The 
fact that he did makes the question kind of moot, although many seem to 
feel it worth arguing that Morty, totally against character, made an 
effort to reward someone of little importance.

     Bart