The formation of the sexual Medusa form takes place by a kind of strobilization of the body of the fixed Scyphistoma.

A pride of lions, a murder of crows, a crash of rhinos, a fesnyng of ferrets, a pity, no, a piteousness of doves, a memory of elephants, an ascension of larks. He wasn't crazy. He'd measure and check the marks, then maybe they'd let him fold for ...

That was a shot! But the captain will be glad! Ho, ho, here we are! he cried till it was re-echoed from all the hills around.

Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.