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dixiekasilke In reply to thalle-my-honey [2017-01-04 07:01:51 +0000 UTC]

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dixiekasilke In reply to sevvysgirl [2017-01-04 06:56:49 +0000 UTC]

It has happened, my dear!!!  

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sevvysgirl In reply to dixiekasilke [2017-01-04 21:11:07 +0000 UTC]

Of course - I know that!! The re-run of DH2 that I watched on TV the other night had clearly made a mistake ... ! (Actually I couldn't watch that bit -- had to go out of the room; now that AR is no longer with us it just didn't seem right)

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dixiekasilke In reply to janach [2017-01-04 07:00:09 +0000 UTC]

See my update - lol. I always thought it pure genius to transfer the killing of Snape to the Boat house - visually so much more interesting. Hogwarts visible in the back ground, the whole ambience. Seeing Nagini strike from behind through those opaque windows, less direct but equally, or even more so, shocking. JK Rowling must have felt similar, or she would never given it the go ahead.

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janach In reply to dixiekasilke [2017-01-04 11:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the clarification. I have no problem with the boathouse as far as visuals go, and I'm just as glad to lose the horrible symbolism of Severus dying in the same place he was almost murdered by the Marauders as a student, and was assaulted by his own students as a teacher. But the picture is so dark overall that I can't tell who any of the people are or what they're doing.

I like your explanation. I would hope Horace and Minerva would have the wit to suspect that Snape's actions were not what they seemed. And Neville is definitely the only Gryffindor student we know with the basic decency to help save the life of a teacher who didn't flatter him.

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dixiekasilke In reply to janach [2017-01-06 03:39:36 +0000 UTC]

And I like your thoughts! Good point about the Shrieking  shack! I have always hated the thought of Severus dying there. I was nearly ecstatic when I saw the movie solution. 
I had kept the people in the picture a bit mysterious on purpose, but probably too much so. 

I am pretty sure that Minerva sort of realizes in what quandary Severus is, once appointed headmaster. Also Horace, with all his favouritism and tea clubs or whatever, is certainly not stupid. Both must have seen that Severus was trying to keep things reasonable, without being found out, that he wasn't as cruel a headmaster as he could have been. I also like to think, it shows in the Severus /Minerva duel - if she really wanted, she could have disarmed/injured Severus. As for Neville, I've always liked him in the series, and wish he he'd had a more extensive story. The 2 professors chose him as, by this point, he is the most knowledgeable student regarding herbs. Maybe he even came to them to ask to retrieve Snape's body, most likely the only student to do so. In my opinion he knows he has become interested and so good at herbs, because Snape was such a strict teacher. I bet they sort of got along rather well, once Severus recognised, how serious and studious Neville was about Herbology.
   

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