Snape's Patronis? was: cobwebs and Re: Peter

[Randy]

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> KathyW
> Sort of like the ropes that came out of Snape's wand back in PoA? 
> Stong enough to restrain a werewolf? 
> 
> Not only were people searching maps, they had other ideas: death 
of 
> Aragog, someone's end, someone's goal, something to do with 
Draco's 
> detour....it's almost as if JKR took all the ideas and worked them 
> into the book, if not the chapter.
> 
> The images that this chapter create are amazing. Who lives at 
> Spinner's End? Two SPYders. Hmm, and spy was part of the spider 
> riddle back in GoF. Snape has been described in spider-like terms 
> (particularly in OoP), fitting he would live here, possibly 
killing 
> flies in this very house as a teen. Right in the chapter itself he 
> says, "I spun him a tale of deepest remorse..."
> 

Randy:

Great Idea!  Sounds like Snape's patronis is a Spider!?  Any 
comments? He sets traps for his enemies.  He will ensnare Voldemort 
as his potions (poisons) "ensnare the senses..."