[HPforGrownups] Re: DADA profs & Snape / behavior changes

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 41689

Arcum wrote:


> I've also noticed a significant change in Snape's behavior between
> CoS and PoA. In PS/SS and CoS, Snapes nastiness is primarily directed
> towards Harry. The worst he does to Hermione in that period is ignore
> her (because he was busy being nasty to Harry), and while he's nasty
> to Neville, he's not not nearly as nasty to him as books 3 and 4.
>
> "Idiot boy!" ... "I suppose you added the porcipine quills before
> taking the cauldron off the fire?" ... "Take him up to the hospital
> wing."
>
> We have one jab as Neville, an explanation of what caused the
> problem, and he actually sends him to the hospital wing. This after a
> cauldron has melted, and an acidic potion is all over the flood
> destroying things. Snape is practically being nice, as Snape goes, to
> Neville in this scene.
>
> Come PoA, though, he's harassing Hermione, trying to poison Treavor,
> and, come GoF, trying to poison Harry, and generally being nastier
> then usual.

He did not try to poison Harry. Harry chooses to interpret his hints this
way,
but we don't actually know if he intended to do that. (And even if he did,
which is quite possible ;-) something tells me Snape would have his own
antidote handy in case Harry's didn't work)

> I'd put this down partially to Sirius escaping, and being
> around Lupin, rekindling old grudges, and also, because of the
> increased activity with Voldemort, I suspect he is trying to use his
> position to identify possible DE's per Dumbledore.
>
> Given his behavior, and the way he acts near the end of PoA, I'm
> personally speculating about Severely Stressed!Snape at this point.
> Oh, and he seems to keep a fairly tight rein on his supplies. Perhaps
> he suspects Hermione of stealing the boomslang from him, given the
> "furry face" mishap, and Lockhart's note, and that's colouring his
> atitude to her?

Does he remember kids hexing him in the end of PoA?
And setting him on fire in PS didn't help either. Remember this strange
scene where
he confiscates Harry's book? I bet he recognised that blue fire.
I've always thought that a little apology in the end of year one would do
wonders
to Harry/Snape relationship. It seems Hermione could also use one. Of course
it wouldn't be half as much fun then.

Irene