Took me a while to notice them... I think you are on my friends list - but it appears I missed this post!
*nods* I agree. But while that must have been awful for Snape as a kid - Harry also had a shit upbringing...so I guess JKR is trying to hammer home her belief about "choices" rather than background. Although Harry is getting scarily close to turning into Snape's shadow with all the "mirroring" that's been going on the past 2 books.... And I'm also willing to bet on this mirroring continuing to the reason why Dumbledore trusts Snape. Despite everything, he can still love - like Harry. Gods...if this is true then the final book is going to put all us Snape fans through the emotional mangler. I wonder if Tobias is still alive...? Many fics have Teen Snape murder him as an initiation/rite into the DE's. As much as I wish he will be proved to be still alive in canon, I'm not holding out a great hope. Even less for Eileen. :o(
As for PRESTO - I will start a new thread as usual then. It does seem a shame to let the thread die until movie 5/book 7...but I guess with no fresh gossip, and JKR having a break with giving us clues...ah well.
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Re: Thanks!
Date: 2006-01-01 02:14 am (UTC)*nods* I agree. But while that must have been awful for Snape as a kid - Harry also had a shit upbringing...so I guess JKR is trying to hammer home her belief about "choices" rather than background.
Although Harry is getting scarily close to turning into Snape's shadow with all the "mirroring" that's been going on the past 2 books....
And I'm also willing to bet on this mirroring continuing to the reason why Dumbledore trusts Snape. Despite everything, he can still love - like Harry.
Gods...if this is true then the final book is going to put all us Snape fans through the emotional mangler.
I wonder if Tobias is still alive...? Many fics have Teen Snape murder him as an initiation/rite into the DE's. As much as I wish he will be proved to be still alive in canon, I'm not holding out a great hope. Even less for Eileen. :o(
As for PRESTO - I will start a new thread as usual then. It does seem a shame to let the thread die until movie 5/book 7...but I guess with no fresh gossip, and JKR having a break with giving us clues...ah well.