Outsider!Snape (NOT!) (Re: Bully!Sirius, Snape's Grudge)

[potions_student]

No: HPFGUIDX 43394

 
Pippin wrote:
 
> >Do you really think so? I always thought when Dumbledore said,
> >"Unless you are suggesting that Harry and Hermione are able to
> >be in two places at once, I'm afraid I don't see any point in
> >troubling them further," he was telling Snape, "They used
> >the time turner to help Sirius escape, they had my approval, and
> >unless you're prepared to get me thrown out of Hogwarts along
> >with them, you had better shut up now." Which Snape does.

Then Irene responded:
 
> Maybe you are right. Actually I really hope that's the right reading
> of Dumbledore's behaviour. Because otherwise he was just
> saying to Snape "Yes, Sirius is still my golden boy and I'll choose
> him over you any day". Hard to reconcile with Snape's loyalty
> the next year.

Me:
I certainly hope, as you do, Irene, that Pippin's interpretation is 
correct, though I'm not entirely convinced.  When Snape, Dumbledore, 
and Fudge return to the hospital wing after Sirius' escape, Dumbledore 
is described as looking calm and "...Indeed, he looked as though he 
was quite enjoying himself."  After Dumbledore asks Snape how Harry 
and Hermione could be in two places at once, JKR mentions that 
"...[his] eyes were twinkling behind his glasses."

Now Dumbledore *is* mentioned as addressing Snape calmly during that 
sequence, and so I do hope that the smile was gone and the twinkle, if 
anything, was meant to convey the message Pippin put forward.  
However, I still don't entirely trust that smile or that twinkle!  
When Dumbledore's eyes twinkle or...*gleam*...I start to worry. :-)  

But if Dumbledore was saying it in a teasing tone, then there must 
really be something to keep Snape from leaving Hogwarts!  

--Karen "Potions Student"