Snape the Half-Blood Prince WAS RE: Page-filler Lupin

[Alec]

Yes, that "is" an intriguing idea! But do you get the impression 
from HBP that Snape ever had that degree of closeness with the much 
older Bellatrix? He was always closer to Narcissa, it seems.

The "lily's handwriting" idea comes from Hermione's suggestion that 
the handwriting in the diary looked like a woman's, the fact that 
using the diary made Slughorn think of the way "Lily" made potions, 
rather than Snape, and the probability that Snape and Lily had known 
each other in the Slug club, and the possibility that Slughorn might 
have paired his two star students together - he "did" try and make 
connections among his proteges, didn't he?

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Eileen Rebstock" 
<erebstock at c...> wrote:
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> You mean the textbook? 
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> I still don't see why the writing should be Lily's rather than 
Snape's. I know some people think the nickname "Half Blood Prince" 
was made up by Lily, but it seems much more likely to me it was 
coined by Bellatrix or one of the other gang of Slytherins. It 
certainly has a teasing tone, but I don't hear in it the apparently 
nice Lilyish teasing others do. Bellatrix might have wryly coined 
the nickname and Snape would have been grateful for it, because it 
a) was a sign of acceptance even if a bit disdainful and b) 
identified him with his mother's pureblood family.
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> From: the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alec
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:16 PM
> To: the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Page-filler Lupin RE: [the_old_crowd] Re: bugger and All 
things Snape
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> Lupin "might" be one of the few people to recognise the writing in 
> the Diary, and be able to tell Harry, if it "is" Lily's rather 
than 
> Snape's, perhaps. He might, possibly, be one of the few people to 
be 
> able to help Harry uncover what really had happened with Snape. 
Even 
> at the end, he does sound incredulous at the reason given for why 
> Dumbledore trusted Snape: he "knows" it doesn't make sense, and 
must 
> be wondering if there was more to it than that.
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> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Eileen Rebstock" 
> <erebstock at c...> wrote:
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> > --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" 
<foxmoth at q...> 
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> > > But if that's where JKR is going, she's put herself in a bind 
by 
> > > giving Lupin such an apparently passive role in the last two 
> books.
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> > I'll make an utterly unpopular suggestion.
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> > Lupin has no place in the books anymore. As good guy, bad guy, 
you 
> name it. His time is over. His appearances lately have been the 
work 
> of a soft-hearted writer who wants to keep a favourite around but 
> has nothing to do for him, except, stricken with hurt-comfort, 
give 
> him a nice wife to soothe his werewolf brow. 
> > 
> > Lupin. Is. Ever. So. Passé. 
> > 
> > Eileen
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