Dragging Harry in through the Back Door

[inyron at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 17511

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., linman6868 at a... wrote:
> So, here's my gauntlet:  what is the "best" and "worst" of Harry 
that 
> Snape brings out?

Well, I can't think of any "best" off the top of my head.  But 
the "worst" that sticks out in my mind was in GoF chapter 18.  It was 
right after Draco and Harry fought in the hall, and Hermione's teeth 
got all really big, and Snape insulted her then took the points from 
Gryffindor.  Harry, in a very bad place right then, fantasized (more 
forgivably) beating Snape with his cauldron, and thought "If only he 
knew how to do the Cruciatus Curse
he'd have Snape on his back like 
that spider, jerking and twitching
"   That bothered me.  Granted, 
Harry was under a lot of pressure from the fight with Ron and the 
whole tournament thing, and Snape was being very mean, but using an 
unforgivable curse?  I know he was only fantasizing, and he wouldn't 
actually do it (Like he didn't kill Sirius in thew Shrieking Shack, 
though he meant to)  but I think it's too much for even fantasizing 
about revenge.  And after all he went through by the end of GoF, and 
after learning first hand what the repercussions of the curse are, I 
think Harry would agree.

inyron

taking a break from studying from those pesky little finals