Neville/Snape Question

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No: HPFGUIDX 38116

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jenserai Bariman" <jenserai at h...> wrote:
> Jamie Lipton wrote:
> Maybe he hated the Longbottoms like he hated James Potter.
> >As aurors, they could be responsible for the
> >killing/imprisonment/mistreatment of any number of people Snape 
may have
> >been close with: friends, family, lovers, etc.  Perhaps they were 
the ones
> >responsible for dragging Snape himself in for consorting with the 
Dark 
> >Lord,
> >since we know that at one point Dumbledore had to vouch for him.
> >
> >Just an idea.
> >- Jamie
> 
> What if he treats Neville (and possibly Harry) so badly because he 
feels in 
> some way responsible for their parents death? Given Snape's ability 
to hold 
> grudges against other people, I think it could be possible he holds 
long 
> term grudges against himself as well. He was, after all a spy, but 
was 
> unable to inform Dumbledore of the danger to the Potters and 
Longbottoms 
> (yes, I suppose someone else might have screwed up, but I think 
it's less 
> likely). And now, he's faced with the children of these people he 
failed to 
> save, and he has to teach them. Under the circumstances, having 
been through 
> what he has, I think many might react in a similar fashion.
> 


And he treats Hermione in the same crappy fashion.. why exactly? 

The amount of energy put into defending Snape I find quite touching 
(if somewhat alarming), but I also find it irritating when people 
explain away his nasty behavior by focusing on one of his victims. I 
would like to see a unified theory of Snape Bully-ism. Let's see if 
you can explain away, at one go, his treatment of Harry, Neville AND 
Hermione (not to mention his overall nastiness to practically 
everybody around him). 



Naama