the fine art of changing one's mind

[arcanetrivia]

An unmined plotbunny (how's that for mixing one's metaphors), at least I haven't seen any fic using this idea; and/or, if you are a Lily-hater, a way to edit her out of Severus's motivations:

We know from HBP that the silvery liquid stuff of memories can be altered to show scenes that never took place. The only example we are actually shown is when it is done badly. What if it were done well? What if the memories Snape gives Harry were anywhere from partly to completely false, a story crafted to get him to do what he's supposed to do, and Harry (ever attuned to subtlety and never jumping to conclusions, bless his heart) couldn't tell the difference?

Obviously it requires advance preparation on Snape's part, but if anyone could pull it off in terms of the skill level required, I'd think it would be him.

(Mutaremency, anyone?)

Comments

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

I assume you're supplying this as an interesting fanfic idea. As far as canon goes, I don't think there's any chance of it being true. Although it's cool, like you can say that since Snape knew Harry had seen his "worst memory" then he could build some stuff around it to make it more believable :P

But then, of course, there's Aunt Petunia saying in book 5 that she knew about dementors from "that awful boy, years ago".

[elethian.livejournal.com]

I assume you're supplying this as an interesting fanfic idea.

Oh, obviously. Or at least, I thought it was obvious. Since I said "plotbunny" and "fic"...

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was just making sure x) Plus I thought you might only want to write fic that is pretty close to canon, *shrug*.

[elethian.livejournal.com]

Yes, and that's totally why my journal subtitle is "canon is for squares." ;)

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Hehehe *giggle*

Great icon btw :D

Question: I have a b&w icon of Snape saved on my computer, where he's standing around in the snow after the Yule Ball. I forgot to save the maker's username, but for some reason I think it was you. Does that ring a bell?

You know what, I'll upload it.

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[elethian.livejournal.com]

Probably so_severus/d0rk_icons, as she made several along those lines, but I didn't keep that one specifically so I can't swear to it. (I had one which was basically a head shot)

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, it was them! Thanks!