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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/2/2015 3:48 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:liz.treky@ntlworld.com">liz.treky@ntlworld.com</a> [HPforGrownups] wrote:<br>
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<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->Voldemort was said to be the
most power legilimens, yet Snape could apparently easily fool him
into thinking he was on his side. Snape said in lessons with Harry
to control his mind/emotions, so how hard for Snape was it to have
to work with the guy who killed Lily? I seriously think that is
why he came across so cold and uncaring to everyone.
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<div>Also, Snape was no fool, he must have known Voldemort
wanted full control of the Elder wand, so had he just
accepted he would be killed (very unlikely for a Sytherin),
or was his death an easy option for JK Rowling considering
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Bart:<br>
Many indications were given that Snape had magical talent and
ability on the same class as DD and Morty, better in some ways
(notably his understanding of potions) and less in others. Ever hear
of the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object? Snape was a
brilliant occlumens, and Morty was overconfident. So, as long as
Snape remained clever and always had a believable explanation for
Voldemort's question, he didn't examine too carefully whether or not
Morty was telling the truth. One problem with Snape was that he
expected his students to be as hard-working and careful as he was.
With many students, it caused them to work harder to try to meet
Snape's expectations With others, like Neville, his methods broke
their confidence so much that they worked at well below their
potential.<br>
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As far as the Elder Wand goes, the game of "Wand, wand, who's got
the wand" was probably more complicated than it needed to be. But
the owner of the wand didn't have to be killed in order for control
to pass, only defeated (like Grindy or, for that matter, DD, who was
disarmed by Draco before he was killed by Snape, passing control of
the wand to Draco, not Snape). <br>
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A lot of readers were disappointed that JKR didn't have a "good
Slytherin" student, one who took the attitude, "That Quidditch stuff
is just games, Harry. This is REAL." Still, there WAS Slughorn;
highly ambitious, willing to manipulate people to get what he
wanted, but, in the Battle of Hogwarts, also willing to put himself
at risk fighting against Morty's forces.<br>
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Bart<br>
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