Jim Sharkey wrote:
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> Tom wrote:
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> >Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death
> >Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's
> >his own house, when it is full of people who at the very least
> >sympathize with Voldemort?
>
> Keeping up appearances, I imagine. He uses Occlumency to hide his true feelings
> from Voldermort, and favors Slytherin to demonstrate his continuing loyalty. Or at
> least that is my theory.
I would say "used occlumency". I believe that Voldermort
knows exactly where Snape stands now. In the other books, this
was given as a reason why Dumbledore trusted Snape--they both
knew that Voldermort would kill Snape if he won. But Snape still
has many flaws, he is another mixed character.
As for the "no-sex hex", my impression is that Harry is
pretty out of it. There could be orgies at Hogwart's, for all
Harry knew. Maybe he'll ask Hermionie in Book 6, and it will
turn out that she's know about them for years. (And not told
Harry and Ron, to "give them more time to concentrate on their
studies".)
I kept hoping that Harry's anger would be partially
explained as psychic overflow from Voldermort. I guess that
it still could be, but the evidence so far points to Harry
being a rather large jerk...
---David
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