[HPforGrownups] Does Snape like Dumbledore?

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

No: HPFGUIDX 20854

> > I've said before and I'll say it again:  when Dumbledore goes (as I
> > believe he will, and soon -- my money's on the end of Book 5), I
> > don't think anyone will grieve for him more deeply than Severus
> > Snape.  But being Snape, he'll
> > never let us see that grief, either.  He'll suffer in silence, and
> > he'll suffer alone.

> I agree with everything Rebecca says except this part.  Snape will
> rage and rant in his grief, lashing out at everyone around him but
> especially at Harry Potter who will somehow have had something to do
> with the tragedy.  Everyone will be convinced that old Severus has
> finally cracked and will worry about him returning to the Dark Side.

I don't think so -- because Snape has always taken pains to give the
appearance, especially in front of people like Draco Malfoy, that he doesn't
care for Dumbledore at all and would be perfectly content to see him
removed.  Remember when Draco tells Snape outright that he thinks *he*
should be Headmaster, and far from lashing out at him for making disloyal
remarks about Dumbledore, Snape just smirks.

That is why I am convinced that Snape will practically kill himself to
appear detached and even callous toward Dumbledore's death in public, while
suffering like a dog in private.  And I am sure that Harry, who only gets to
see the public Snape, will hate him all the more for it.
--
Rebecca J. Bohner
rebeccaj at pobox.com
http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj