Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33: The Prince's Tale, Part 1

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Or, Severus Snape and the Doomed Love

“I am a Serpent, I am Love;

I have been an Adder of the Mountain;

I have been a Serpent in the River.”

Taliesin

“I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people’s misery, and to eat my own bitterness.”

Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Author’s note: The sporkings for “The Prince’s Tale” are cross-posted on Snapedom for the benefit of Snape fans who don’t read DTCL.

The sporking of this chapter ran almost 30 pages, so I broke it up into three installments. Each part has its own subtitle and theme song that I think captures the spirit of Snape’s life and feelings for that installment. For this Lily-centric part, I chose “How Can I Be Sure?” by the Young Rascals, written by Eddie Brigati (who also sings) and Felix Cavaliere. The video I linked to is also eminently appropriate since it features beautiful footage of watery scenes.

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Filling some gaps about the first war: Appendix B

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What do we know about the Order of the Phoenix in the first war? Our main source for the membership is the photograph that Alastor Moody showed Harry. The front row has: Albus Dumbledore, Alastor Moody, Dedealus Diggle, Marlene McKinnon, Frank and Alice Longbottom, Emmeline Vance, Remus Lupin and Benjy Fenwick. Behind them are Edgar Bones, Sturgis Podmore, Caradoc Dearborn, Rubeus Hagrid, Elphias Doge and Gideon Prewett (and presumably also Fabian Prewett?). In the back are Aberforth Dumbledore, Dorcas Meadows, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Lily Potter.

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