Some of the proof was also that we know the HBP added peppermint to something. This was seen to be a purely aesthetic choice because peppermint smells good and Snape would never appreciate that but a pretty girl would.
Of course, in reality, the peppermint was supposed to counteract the nose-tweaking. It had nothing to do with smelling pretty, and there's nothing in canon that says Snape couldn't appreciate something aesthetically.
This, iirc, led to a whole discussion of how nose-tweaking was a good thing, which was neither here nor there, but kept the theory from being dropped, as if proving that nose-tweaking is a good thing would prove Lily wrote the Potions notes so there is no irony of Harry bonding with Snape.
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Date: 2005-10-27 05:48 pm (UTC)Of course, in reality, the peppermint was supposed to counteract the nose-tweaking. It had nothing to do with smelling pretty, and there's nothing in canon that says Snape couldn't appreciate something aesthetically.
This, iirc, led to a whole discussion of how nose-tweaking was a good thing, which was neither here nor there, but kept the theory from being dropped, as if proving that nose-tweaking is a good thing would prove Lily wrote the Potions notes so there is no irony of Harry bonding with Snape.