[HPforGrownups]Tantrums? (WAS: Snape: motives, relationships with Harry/ Dumbledore/Voldemort. DADA)

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 31268


 
  heathernmoore <heathernmoore at yahoo.com> wrote: 
 

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>For Severus to behave in the way he does (down to disgracing >himself in front of the Minister of Magic with his uncontrolled >tantrums) *entirely on the basis of childhood grudges* *would* >mark him out as unstable and unsuited to teaching. Dumbledore >would seem to recognize that there's something else behind it. >At the moment, I believe we can reasonably deduce that >"something else" as intense frustration. 

Surprise, surprise, I'm going to defend Snape- now that's something new ;P

But please, please, don't be so unjust with him, in this particular situation he *really* doesn't deserve it! For Snape, like for everybody else but the witnesses of the Shrieking Shack scene and Dumbledore, Sirius Black is one of Voldemort's most faithful supporters- the one who finally opened him the way towards the Potters. 

Now try to imagine just for a moment how Snape must have felt throughout the school year! What logical reason might there be for Voldemort's most faithful servant to escape from prison, just out of the blue? The most consistent explanation would be that he had been contacted by his master, wouldn't it? For a traitorous ex-DE, this isn't a very funny thought. IMO, this explains to a large extent why he is so furious with Harry about having gone to Hogsmeade against everybody's strict veto. (And I think that he's extremely angry with Lupin because he plays along and gets Harry out of that scrape, whereas he would deserve punishment)

OK, now he thinks that Voldemort's servant is safely locked up in the West Tower and will finally get what's coming to him and suddenly he's...gone?! It's as clear as daylight that somebody had a hand in it: It can't be Lupin, because he's just transformed and somewhere in the Forbidden Forest. Snape would never suspect Dumbledore, so the remaining (usual) suspects are Potter, Granger and Weasley, but they are locked in the Hospital Wing. OTOH, they are *convinced* of Black's innocence, so Snape's logical conclusion is that it has to be Harry's doing. Maybe he even feels that Dumbledore might have given a hand, but he can't prove anything. The alleged DE Sirius Black runs free again.

If you look at it from this POV, Snape's breakdown becomes a lot more understandable. And as today I seem to discover some doubts about Dumbledore (maybe it's only a subconscious wish not to have to buy tomatoes, but getting them thrown at me): Does anybody agree with me that Dumbledore's behaviour towards Snape at the end of PoA is not 100% correct? Wouldn't have Snape have trusted him enough to believe in the incredible story about Pettigrew? I think D. should have told him, after he had calmed down a bit, not in the presence of Fudge, but afterwards.

Susanna/pigwidgeon37 (carefully bolting her windows, not because of the cold, but for fear of howlers)

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