[HPforGrownups] Neville: was re: Authority and rule-breaking

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 16583

> Is it just me?  Can anyone point to *anything* we actually see
> Snape do (as opposed to conjecture, albeit quite fairly, that he 
> may have done), that puts him in a positive light?


In CoS: when Gilderoy Lockhart walks into the staff room after
McGonagall has informed the staff about Ginny's abduction, Snape is
the first to react by offering GL the "opportunity" to go after the
monster.  "Just the man we need!  The very man!"  All the staff fall
into line immediately.  A nice scene.

In GoF: Fudge and Dumbledore are arguing about the return of Lord V.
and Fudge is suggesting angrily that Harry's word is not to be
trusted because he might be, you know, getting sort of weird or
something.  It's the opportunity Snape has been waiting for all
through the books: someone in a superiour position who can expell
Harry Potter from Hogwarts.  Oh joy, oh bliss.  Dumbledore is not
winning the argument; Fudge is the minister.  All Snape has to do is
keep his mouth shut and no more Harry Potter.

And what does he do?  He steps forward, rips up his sleeve and
displays the proof of his former alliance with the DE's, shows that
Dumbledore and Harry are right and blows his best chance yet to get
rid of the kid he despises.  It's a great moment.

Other than that, you're right; positive light doesn't shine on Snape.

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