The Potions Book WAS Re: Stupid question about Horscrux!Harry

[bluesqueak]

Lyn wrote:

> 
> It is very interesting that Snape was the same age as Lilly,  
> likely was in the same Potions classes, and surely was taught by 
> the same teacher (Slughorn) yet Lilly is discussed in isolation as 
> the outstanding Potions student, even though we know the Snape is 
> a  potionsmaster in far more than title. 

Pip!Squeak
That's in character for Slughorn though. Firstly, he's trying to 
butter up Harry - and telling Harry of his mother's brilliance at 
this subject was one way to do it. Secondly, Snape is the teacher 
he's replaced, and *no* teacher is going to hint to a class that 
their previous teacher was a brilliant genius. 

Lyn:
> That of course wouldn't preclude that Lilly was the source and 
> Snape was the scribe. It is even possible that they collaborated 
> on many of the "recipes" but Snape was the one who documented them 
> (of course, wouldn't it be interesting to find Lilly's old 
> Potion's book). Which makes me wonder as we write this, if Harry 
> will come to find any of his parent's old books.

Pip!Squeak:
There's a problem with Snape and Lily collaborating on *Advanced* 
potions, though. In the Snape's Worst Memory chapter, the scene 
where he calls her 'mudblood' is during the *OWLS*.

Unless Snape did a profound, sincere, and most-unlike-what-we've-
seen-of-Snape-to-date apology, Lily's rather unlikely to have been 
working with him. She's much more likely to have been considering 
using him as an advanced sample tester.

Of course, that may have been where he learned about the bezoar...

Pip!Squeak
"Where do you think I would have been all these years, if I had not 
known how to act?" - Severus Snape