[HPforGrownups] Snape and (sigh) Lupin

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 28955


 
  Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote: 
<I agree; he's being perfectly reasonable here.  You <could even say that none 
<of my examples is convincing in itself.  But taken <together, they show a 
<pattern.  We don't see McGonagall or Flitwick wandering <around the castle at 
<night; we see Snape.

I recall McGonagall in PS/SS, when Harry and Hermione go to the Astronomy Tower with Norbert- she has caught Draco and takes him to Snape. But I'm going to do a patrol-control, just to make sure whether she is the only staff member out in the corridors past curfew (except for Snape).


<I also agree that Snape is not a rule-breaker per se.  <But we know Harry's 
<motivation is frequently not to break a rule 

Uh, correct me if I'm mistaken, but who breaks rules only to break rules? If you cross the street in spite of the red lights, you don't do that to break a rule, but because you're in a hurry and can't wait. The only ones to act against rules for the mere purpose of doing so are Gred and Forge, they do so for the fun of it. 

<but to do <something that he 
<thinks only he can do (go after the Stone in 1, solve <the Chamber 
<mystery/save Ginny in 2--a friend of mine just pointed <out that there's a 
<shift in PoA because he's breaking a major rule without <any such noble 
<motive, but purely because he wants to go to <Hogsmeade).  This is the 
<similarity--the stubbornness and, as Snape sees it in <Harry, the arrogance 
<of setting out on one's own to solve a dangerous <problem.

Mmmh, still not convinced... Because your evidence is too thin- in fact it's only PS/SS, where we don't even know for sure whether he didn't tell Dumbledore after all.

<However:

>--jenny from ravenclaw, suddenly feeling warm and fuzzy towards Snape

<Don't go overboard, now.


Just let it happen, child! I would blush at reading my first posts to this group now, back in the mists of time when I still hated Snape. But  in my ashtray (I use that instead of tea leaves) I see something like an arrow formed by three cigarette butts- it's Cupid, Amy, and he will get you! Hee,hee!

Susanna/pigwidgeon 37



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