I'm guessing that the 50 year old Potions book was Snape's mother's. If his father was as abusive as the Pensieve memory in OotP indicates, it would make sense that he wouldn't want to spend too much money in the magical world, especially when Snape could just as well use his mother's schoolbooks.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kathy A - Jul 31, 2005 5:01:23 pm PDT #8785 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Fred Pete - Jul 31, 2005 5:04:47 pm PDT #8786 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oooooh, good one Kathy! Also fits in perfectly with Hermione's repeated "how do you know the Prince was male?" motif.
DebetEsse - Jul 31, 2005 5:07:59 pm PDT #8787 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't think we'll see any of our characters as ghosts, as Nick made it pretty clear that it's a kinda crappy afterlife.
Fay - Jul 31, 2005 5:21:07 pm PDT #8788 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Could anyone remind me which chapter of OotP has the bit with Snape's family life?
sumi - Jul 31, 2005 5:22:29 pm PDT #8789 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Hee. . .maybe the final chapter of HP7 will be called " Graduation Day ".
sumi - Jul 31, 2005 5:23:03 pm PDT #8790 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
And really, it is rather likely that a giant snake will be involved somewhere in HP7.
DebetEsse - Jul 31, 2005 5:25:16 pm PDT #8791 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't know that I'd go for giant , but the title could actually work. Oh!oh! And Snape could be eaten by the snake. Or bitten, whichever.
Fay - Jul 31, 2005 5:30:13 pm PDT #8792 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I think the Snake would be the one poisoned, in those circumstances.
beekaytee - Jul 31, 2005 5:37:26 pm PDT #8793 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Yes! Snakes!
Also, I'm wondering how the all powerful/valuable, potions book ended up back in circulation. Wouldn't Snape hang onto such a treasure? His beloved mom's book? All his valuable work? Kinda careless just leaving it lying around to coinky-dinkyly get into his sworn pita's hands, eh?
I'm suspicious.
Connie Neil - Jul 31, 2005 5:46:38 pm PDT #8794 of 10002
brillig
Over in Natter they were talking about ways to memorialize the departed, and LifeGems (which are made, I believe, from compressing the ashes) were mentioned. tommyrot said it owuld be cool to use them in Death Rays, and I thought they'd be perfect Dark Magic artifacts. Someone tell me not to write HP fanfic.