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

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And Lily wrote Levicorpus and Sectumsempra "for enemies?"

Sweet!

Anne



--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Alec" <alec.dossetor at f...> wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
> > You mean the textbook? 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > --- 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...> 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 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.
> > > 
> > > I'll make an utterly unpopular suggestion.
> > > 
> > > 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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