snape is a dufus

[anakzaman]

No: HPFGUIDX 32734

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:> 
> Snape may not give preferrential treatment as far as grading the 
> students, but he does give preferrential treatment to the 
Slytherins 
> when there is a confrontation between them and the Gryffindors and 
> there are numerous examples of this in CoS, not to mention the 
other 
> books. I agree with the statement about Snape being happy to nail 
any 
> student he finds breaking the rules.I personally got the impression 
> he enjoys it. He must be lying in wait for them because I have not 
> always gotten an explaination as to why Snape is roaming the castle 
> in the middle of the night. Like Harry, I think sometimes it was 
> because he suspected something going on and was doing his own 
> snooping. Just about everything Snape does for Harry is because 
> Dumbledore has instructed him to do so, Snape is good about 
following 
> orders because he is a follower not a leader( much like Barney 
Fife), 
> thus far in the books.As for the comparison to Barney Fife, doesn't 
> anyone remember the episode where Barney locked up the whole town 
for 
> one reason or another when Andy was gone for a few days and left 
> Barney in charge? I would say both Snape/ Barney are sticklers for 
> rules with no shades of gray in between......lolololol.

I'm thinking as Snape as the Peter Pettigrew of the other side. It 
could be likely that Lucious Malfoy, Goyle Sr, and Crabbe Sr were in 
Hogwarts together with James, Sirius, Remus, Wormtail, and obviously 
Snape.

I know that it isn't mentioned in the books, but since Draco is 
Lucious' only son and he is the same age as Harry, that doesn't rule 
out the possibility of both daddies being the same age. (if someone 
can contradict this, please let me know, so I can think of other 
Snape theories.)

Malfoy & co obviously went to Slytherin, as was Snape (he is after 
all the head of Slytherin). So possibly there was a rivalry between 
James/Sirius/Remus/Wormtail vs Malfoy/Goyle/Crabbe/Snape. Wormtail 
then switched side to the dark side, and Snape switched to 
Dumbledore. If this theory is true, then it leads to more conclusions 
and it would be easier to understand Snape's behaviour towards Draco 
and Harry.

> 
> Sirius and Lupin seem to think Snape is an idiot in alot of ways as 
> evidenced by Sirius's comment in the shrieking shack " How did an 
> idiot like that become a professor?" oh well Marianne, if I haven't 
> convinced you , then maybe at least you can relate to some of my 
> comparisons.I did intend the comparison to be more humorous than 
> anything else :-) 

But this is like Ron saying Goyle Jr is an idiot, even though it is 
possible that Goyle is actually good at something. And if Goyle would 
become a teacher at Hogwartsm teaching something he is good at, then 
I know that Ron, or Fred/George is gonna say "How did an idiot like 
that become a professor?". (although the possibility that Goyle is 
good at something is near zero... see I'm thinking like Ron already).

-indra-