Snape and Neville

[hsowaw2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 41858

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
If Snape
> could have, or thinks he could have done more than he did to aid in 
the
> capture of death eaters, he is probably reminded of it every time 
he looks
> at Neville.  Just as he's reminded of James every time he looks at 
Harry.
> Which means he could hardly stand the site of Neville, so to make 
himself
> feel better, puts him down every chance he gets.  Comments?
> 


I think it's a nice theory, but I prefer to think that Snape had a 
run-in with Granny Longbottom in his youth!
Think of how Lupin tells Neville what to make his Boggart look 
like...had the idea a little too quickly IIRC, also Snape took it 
very personally, don't you think?

--Jasmine