A BIAS in the Pensieve: A Batty Idea About Snape

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> 
> Kneasy:
> > > The possibility of a Snape/Vampire connection was one of 
> > > these - "Er - I don't think so" to my mind has the implication 
> > > that Sevvy is not a Vamp, if he were the question would have 
> > > been on a (to her) known character twist and would not be
> > > unexpected and would have been prepared for with either a 
> > > "wait and see", "I can't tell you", "what do you think?" or
> > > some other deflecting reply.
> > 
> Mel:
> > Exactly. 
> 
> 
> Pippin:
> snip>
> If Snape is eventually revealed to have some vampire heritage, 
> we'll be able to see this answer as a teaser for those who 
> guessed which simultaneously preserved the shock for those 
> who consider it completely unthinkable. Very clever of JKR, if you 
> ask me.
>


I'm afraid I wouldn't.
I'd see it as a lie and a breach of the rules in the Q&A game.
Her honesty and credibility would be shot to pieces.

Kneasy