I thought Snape's mother was in Slytherin? Ha! Gotcha! This is your own inference; it never says in the book what house she was in.
I wish the other things (the more crucial ones, *sniff*) you said would be as easy to disprove *grins*... But, as ever, all you say makes perfect sense, and you do voice the thoughts I had upon first reading HBP. I guess I'm in denial and trying to worm my way out of all JKR has explicitated - if only because it would spoil all my fun in the series, and it would be such a shame if the intriguing character Snape has been so far can be explained in such straightforward and simple terms. I'm enjoying it while I still can. There *is* wriggling space yet ;-).
It would reflect bad on him if he didn't. Dumbledore knows how effective a healer Snape is, after all. Possibly; but if Snape was so eager to get back to Voldy, why did he demonstrate his healing capacities to begin with? Why didn't he just let Dumbledore die from the ring curse? "Sorry Headmaster, this is clearly beyond my skill. Rest in peace." That would have made for a very clean solution.
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Date: Sunday, 18 September 2005 02:38 pm (UTC)Ha! Gotcha! This is your own inference; it never says in the book what house she was in.
I wish the other things (the more crucial ones, *sniff*) you said would be as easy to disprove *grins*... But, as ever, all you say makes perfect sense, and you do voice the thoughts I had upon first reading HBP. I guess I'm in denial and trying to worm my way out of all JKR has explicitated - if only because it would spoil all my fun in the series, and it would be such a shame if the intriguing character Snape has been so far can be explained in such straightforward and simple terms. I'm enjoying it while I still can. There *is* wriggling space yet ;-).
It would reflect bad on him if he didn't. Dumbledore knows how effective a healer Snape is, after all.
Possibly; but if Snape was so eager to get back to Voldy, why did he demonstrate his healing capacities to begin with? Why didn't he just let Dumbledore die from the ring curse? "Sorry Headmaster, this is clearly beyond my skill. Rest in peace." That would have made for a very clean solution.