Polyjuice workings/Snape's reaction to Prank)( was: Shack Flints/Dragons/Trelaw)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 36851

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Edblanning at a... wrote:
>
> Catlady:
> 
> > In my own view of the Potterverse, 16-year-old Severus feels as 
> > humiliated and as resentful of the humiliation as in your
[Marina's] 
> > theory, but 
> > all he did to be ashamed of was that he (finally!) ran away,
leaving 
> > Potter behind him, between him and the onrushing werewolf 

> Eloise
> I like this version! I think he would be very ashamed of running
away. Even 
> more ashamed that he had let himself be tricked, but very ashamed of
running 
> away, nevertheless. I prefer it to Marina's vision of his turning
into a 
> quivering lump of jelly.

Heh.  I knew nobody would like my version.  But why would Snape be
ashamed of running away?  Seems to me that running away and leaving
the other guy to be eaten by the werewolf is the perfectly correct
Slytherin thing to do, particularly when the other guy is a stupid
Gryffindor who got you both into this mess in the first place.  Oh,
sure, the kids from other houses might grumble about cowardice, but
what do they know?  The Slytherins, on the other hand, would've all
patted Snape on the shoulder and said, "Good job, Sev, but next time
remember to Stupefy the Gryffindor git before you leave him as
werewolf bait."  And they're the only ones whose opinion matters,
right?

No, I think the only way Snape would feel any shame about his reaction
to the Prank would be if he had reacted in a way that damaged his
dignity.  

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com