Totally. "These teachers will all have had their own methods and priorities" is an astonishingly restrained summary of Dumbledore's DADA circus: two incompetents, two Death Eaters and a werewolf who went off his meds. (That is, Snape probably agrees with everyone else that Umbridge's emphasis on theory = incompetence.) So… teaching DADA actually brings out the best in him, while genial Slughorn is better for Potions? Way to go, Dumbledore. After fourteen years you got it right.
Harry begins to pronounce judgment on Snape (He tried to jinx him, for god sakes. In a jinxing class! What’s he playing at?!!).
Hee. Also, Harry gets badass points for his amazingly powerful Shield Charm, which he was supposed to produce nonverbally. That's as awesome as winning a sack race by throwing away the sack.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Lily’s great talent in Potions wasn’t invented in Slughorn’s head the moment Slughorn saw Harry’s Potion.
What's the point, if any, of Lily's pastede on Potions skillz? As others have mentioned, if it's supposed to be foreshadowing of a Snape-Lily (or god forbid Snape ->Lily) connection, then the timeline is off. If Lily was a Potions prodigy the time for her to shine would have been in NEWTS class, ie after Snape dropped the M-bomb. Either "Mudblood", while the most horrible racist epithet ever, is forgivable, or they didn't bond over Potions.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2006-05-12 08:40 pm (UTC)Totally. "These teachers will all have had their own methods and priorities" is an astonishingly restrained summary of Dumbledore's DADA circus: two incompetents, two Death Eaters and a werewolf who went off his meds. (That is, Snape probably agrees with everyone else that Umbridge's emphasis on theory = incompetence.) So… teaching DADA actually brings out the best in him, while genial Slughorn is better for Potions? Way to go, Dumbledore. After fourteen years you got it right.
Harry begins to pronounce judgment on Snape (He tried to jinx him, for god sakes. In a jinxing class! What’s he playing at?!!).
Hee. Also, Harry gets badass points for his amazingly powerful Shield Charm, which he was supposed to produce nonverbally. That's as awesome as winning a sack race by throwing away the sack.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Lily’s great talent in Potions wasn’t invented in Slughorn’s head the moment Slughorn saw Harry’s Potion.
What's the point, if any, of Lily's
pastede onPotions skillz? As others have mentioned, if it's supposed to be foreshadowing of a Snape-Lily (or god forbid Snape ->Lily) connection, then the timeline is off. If Lily was a Potions prodigy the time for her to shine would have been in NEWTS class, ie after Snape dropped the M-bomb. Either "Mudblood", while the most horrible racist epithet ever, is forgivable, or they didn't bond over Potions.-L