[HPforGrownups] Re: Pondering a Snape thing

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 3736

> As I re-read parts of PoA, I noticed that Snape is very in-tune with
> body language and picks up very quickly when someone is cornered. For
> example, when Snape sees Harry and Neville in hall near the witch
> statue, Harry is tense and trying to get rid of Neville. Snape picks
> up on it and shoos them away.

Doesn't surprise me.  I think Snape's very sensitive, deep down.  When he
was a kid, he was probably a really sweet, gentle little kid, (stop
laughing, you at the back!)who got picked on so never let anyone see his
soft side again.  Think about it.  Someone that bitter and cynical must have
been really idealistic at one time.  Snape seems to me to be someone who's
suffered severe disappointment and hurt in his life, and is taking it out on
the world.

Jinx