Severus Snape

[potioncat]

> Marianne:
> 
> For some reason when Snape hit them on the head with a notebook just 
> cracked me up.

Potioncat:
It cracked me up the first time I saw Snape knock the boys' heads 
together (GoF). But afterwards, I thought, that's not what Snape would 
do. The scene in PoA where he used his wand to force Ron's book to the 
right page was more in keeping with Snape. I didn't like the sene in 
OoP with Unbridge at all. Snape came across as cowed rather than snarly.

The movies went back to "stern teacher character" of old movies and 
played it for humor. It's a shame they hired an actor known for his 
skill at sarcasm, then replaced the sarcastic Snape lines with physical 
actions. 

In PoA they added a scene---having Snape protect the kids from the 
werewolf. It softened Snape in more ways than one. I think canon Snape 
would have been casting spells at the werewolf rather than merely 
standing between the werewolf and kids. Not to discount the courage 
that demonstrated.

(canon Snape was still out cold, of course)