[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape & Harry after GoF (was: Lucius Malfoy, Snape's cover)

[Rachel Fellman]

No: HPFGUIDX 30907

> This changes the whole dynamic of their
> relationship. 
(snip)
> Being beholden to Harry has to be an uncomfortable
> position for Snape 
> to be in.

   I can see that...I certainly agree that the dynamic
has changed. However, I think that there's another
dimension to that look in addition to embarassment and
worry at being forced to trust Harry. 
    Snape is suddenly looking at Harry with something
other than hatred or fury. Exactly *what* it is we
don't know, but I'm thinking that somewhere in there
is a new -if grudging- respect. The kid has duelled
Voldemort and won. By this point Snape must have heard
the entire story and realized that no matter what he'd
thought of Harry before, that is an achievement to be
reckoned with. For someone like Snape, who had stated
flat-out that to him, Harry is "nothing but a nasty
little boy who considers rules to be beneath him,"
this has got to bring about a bit of a shift. I
subscribe to the view that some of Snape's hatred of
Harry has always come from the fact that Harry's
always been the hero due to no particular skill of his
own, and the endings of the first three books (if you
are seeing this from the pov of someone who hates
Harry and doesn't know all of the facts of the PoA
ending) don't contradict this incredibly much.
   You can't exactly toss aside the end of GoF in the
same way. Harry did something incredibly brave -he's
faced Voldemort directly, when Snape had never done
that- and it forces Snape to consider him a
semi-equal. He continues to personally dislike Harry,
but he can't think of him as "nothing but a nasty
little boy" ever again.
   Harry probably just never heard Snape screaming
"No! NO! I think I'm going to throw up!" when he
realized this because his office is so far
underground... 
-Rachel

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