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People are wrangling over what Snape might have been thinking during that deliberate pause right before the "I see no difference" comment.
Pippin proposed a LOLLIPOPS-flavored variant, and then added:
He's not thinking, "what's the nastiest thing I can say to a helpless teenage girl", he's thinking, "how do I make this hysterical underage female get herself under control without blowing my cover, and what the hell just happened to me?"
Marina was dubious, and suggested:
It's all the standard Snape nastiness, and I think that he is, in fact, thinking "what's the nastiest thing I can say to a helpless teenage girl?"
Nah.
I don't think he was thinking anything at all. The nasty comment leapt immediately to his mind -- I agree with Pippin that Snape likely doesn't have to ponder too long to come up with biting things to say.
No, the pause was just for effect.
I think the comment was intended to wound. And comments like that one are just a whole lot more effective if they're preceded by a long pause, preferably accompanied by a steady appraising look. They just are. If what you want is to make someone cry with your words, then that's precisely how you go about it.
—Elkins
Posted to HPfGU by Elkins on February 1, 2003 3:39 PM
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