[HPforGrownups] Snape as teacher/Ambition

Dinah bludger_witch at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 19 08:43:47 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 17114

 > The "I see no difference" comment though is unforgivable. It's the
> one think I can't forgive him of, but then I love Hermione far to
> much...

I think we all think that. As much as I like Severus I can't come up with an
excuse for this one sentence - actually I wouldn't dare to repeat the curses
that left my mouth when I read that scene for the first time. But at least
it lead to Hermione's teth being shrunk, something she had wanted for quite
some time.

> Do you think one reason Snape is so hard on his students is because
> he sees in them the same weaknesses that lead him to become a DE and
> therefore wants them them to find strength in themselves and not turn
> out as he. Then there's Draco....
> Scott

Yeah, Draco... I just thought about that yesterday while packing my dumb
electric toothbrushes. Draco is not the natural pick for Severus as
"teacher's pet". He has the ambition, that's something Snape as head of
Slytherin admires naturally, but Draco doesn't want to work for
achievements. If he wants something he uses his fathers reputation, his
place in the Quidditch team is bought, he doesn't even bully people himself
but lets Crabbe and Goyle do the dirty work. And he doesn't seem to be such
a great student, either.

Another crucial point is that he relies heavily on Snape to get others
students in trouble and to keep him out of it. I don't see Severus as a
person who would normally tolerate that well.

BTW, was ever really mentioned that Severus was in Slytherin? I always
assumed that, but what if he had been in Gryffindor? The rivalry between him
and James would be very clear to understand - remember the Quidditch comment
from Sirius in the Shrieking Shack? And because in his house no one liked
him (and he would see this as fault of the Marauders, for sure) and the DE
clearly saw potential in his knowledge of all curses and his intelligence he
turned towards them and became one of them?

Another "Why Snape turned evil" theory, great. If we had 1$ for each of
those we could buy Gringotts.

  ~ Dinah ~

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