Original poster: sigune
The other day I was contemplating the new information Deathly Hallows gave us on Snape, and I found myself puzzled at an odd chink in the chronology of events in Snape's schooldays:
- In Prisoner of Azkaban, we learned that Sirius lured Snape to the Shrieking Shack on a night with a full moon when he was sixteen.
- In Order of the Phoenix, we learned that James hung Snape upside down, and Snape called Lily a Mudblood, in fifth year when they were taking their OWLs, and would have been fifteen.
- In Deathly Hallows, it transpires in "The Prince's Tale" that the Shrieking Shack incident took place before the Worst Memory.
What do you make of this? I would very much like to know your opinion on how to deal with this. Which do you think is the logical sequence, and why? Or how would you explain away the apparent contradiction?
On another note (cross-posted to my own journal):
In their latest episode, the staff at
snapecast has asked their listeners to compose epitaphs for Snape. I am really not good at this sort of thing, but many of you are, and therefore I would ask you to please, please contribute a short crazy poem or a snarky line or two.
Send your epitaphs to severus (at) snapecast (dot) com; or if you like to send a soundbite, you can phone Snapecast through Skype; their username is (surprise!) "snapecast". The deadline is 11 August.