[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape?... A question...

[hazel-rah7 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 32697

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Allen, Rebecca" <Rebecca.Allen at t...> wrote:

> By the same token, I think Snape is doing Harry more of a favor than
Harry 
>realizes just by being so infuriating. It's the same will power and self
control that 
>Harry (slowly!) develops in his effort to keep his temper with Snape
that also 
>helps him overcome Voldemort at the end of GoF. Snape's sadism is very
trivial 
>compared to Voldemort's, and Snape probably knows this given that he no
doubt 
>remembers V. at his worst from back in the day. Now I'm not sure if
Snape's 
>treatment of Harry stems from something like affection; it's probably
more of a 
>lucky coincidence that Harry needs practice in dealing with viciousness
and Snape 
>is all too happy to oblige.

~*Here's a new one.  Maybe Dumbledore is forcing Snape to teach at
Hogwarts as a sanction for his DE days (the ultimate punishment for
someone who clearly hates children - Dumbledore must have a good sense of
humor).  So Snape mistreats all the kiddies in the hopes that Dumbledore
will fire him!  Aha!  Solved!  Or, maybe not.  Snape could simply be a
cruel, sadistic nazi who delights in hurting others doesn't care about
anything.  I'd like to believe that somehow it's not his fault, but if
JKR lets us Snapefans down and it turns out he's just "Like That" and
will never change, I'll sure be disappointed.

~*Amanda Snape*~
If you are reading this, it means that I finally managed to get a real
post past the mods!  Yay for me!
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