[HPforGrownups] More Snape! Snape - Filch relationship (not the slashy POV <G>)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 17470

Dinah wrote:

> >But Amanda >tends to bring up Snape issues a lot, Amanda does

And even when she *swears* to herself that she'll shut up! Sorry....

> But in PS, when Snape gets hurt, he goes to Filch who takes care for
> the Fluffy-bitten leg. So Severus surely had to tell him what
> *exactly* he was doing, or not? Why? Because he trusts Filch? Or
> because he thinks Filch might be associated with the DL (no clues
> given here) and he wants to
> protect his spy status? So he pretends he wanted to find out how save
> the Stone actually was, or even present it to his former master and
> help him to rise again?

I'm assuming that Filch was helping Snape, because Snape didn't want any
of the professorial staff to know what had happened. He's keeping his
suspicions of Quirrell quiet, for whatever reason.

But Snape could just as easily simply have demanded assistance with no
word of explanation, or known about Filch being a Squib and mentioned it
(i.e., a threat), as to read any sort of alliance into it. Filch seems
to respect Snape, but that may be simply because Snape recognizes
Filch's authority and uses it ("You told me to come directly to you,
professor...") when even a lot of the students don't.

> In CoS when Mrs. Norris is stunned by the Basilisk Snape is there on
> Flichs side - and he seems angry, very angry. On Filch's behalf?

Actually, I've been scanning through the "Snape scenes," having
reclaimed my books, to look for the incidences of the "stepped forward"
language. In this scene, Snape stays in the shadows and his face has a
most peculiar expression, as if he's trying not to smile. Nor is he
identified as being particularly "beside" Filch; he's just one of the
professors who accompanies Dumbledore into Lockhart's office when they
examine Mrs. Norris.

So whatever he feels about Filch, I read this to indicate that he's not
the fondest of Mrs. Norris. Otherwise, Snape's amused at Filch's
bereavement, which I think is a bit cold even for him, but probably he's
happy that there's a good chance to focus blame on Harry.

--Amanda


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