[HPforGrownups] Re: Selection of DADA Teachers (WAS: TBAY: Dead Man Walking (WAS Assassin!Snape and Karkaroff's Big Mistake))

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 47019



purple_801999 wrote:
> 
> 
> It is possible that D-dore is hoping Snape will mature or at least
> mellow out enough to stop making the lives of his students living
> hells. There is a line between tough (McGonagall) and just flat out
> spiteful (Snape presently).It's hard to consentrate when you're
> either terrified or consumed with hatred for the person teaching the
> course, the two main feelings Snape seems to inspire. I wonder if
> perhaps as a reward for his possible redemption ,sacrifice and hard
> work Snape will be rewarded with the DADA position in the
> end,assuming anyone is left alive. Everyone happy in the end, or as
> happy as Snape gets.
> 
> Long live LOLLIPOPS!
> 
> -Olivia Grey
> 

Snapes bad mood may have a lot more to do with stress. He was a spy and
KNOWS that Voldemort will return. he suffers watching Harry Potter get
all the glory for Voldemort's 'defeat' over the heads of all those
people who died actively fighting against the Death Eaters and resents
Harry getting all this 'fame' for doing 'nothing', when braze wizards
who fought directly are barely mentioned.  Snape was a spy at GREAT
PERSONAL RISK and here is some clueless kid who was saved by his
MOTHER'S sacrifice and even Lilly doesn't get the real credit for the
feat. Its 'the boy who survived', not the 'boy whose mother gave her
life to save her son'.  Its little wonder Snape is unimpressed by Harry,
as he was in the middle of the 'war' and saw the worse of it, no doubt. 
Snape being a grump may also be just the way he is. I know perfectly
good people who are anti-social till you really become their friend.  I
don't see Harry or any of the other Gryffindors going out of their way
to be friendly with Snape or at least understanding of his nature. 
Think of him as a shell shocked war hero who came back from the war to
be called a baby killer cause he started out on the wrong side. I could
bet that is how it might have been.  Dumbledore extended his REAL trust
and Snape likely grabbed it like a drowning man grabbing a life
preserver. May have been the first time anyone TRULY and HONESTLY gave
him their trust.  
He seems to treat people like equals if they 'deserve' it, like
Dumbledore. 

He might not really 'hate' Harry, but refuses to cut him any slack as
pushing the kid to his limits will certainly make him stronger then
coddling him and shielding him, better preparing him against what even
Snape knows Harry will likely have to face. Sure, he hated James Potter,
but he is one of the people Dumbledore has protecting Harry and if he
really hated him as much as  Harry thinks he does, Harry would not be
alive.  Snape is certainly intelligent enough to arrange an accident and
never be caught if it were that bad.  More then likely, he resents the
undeserved 'fame' that in fact, Lilly should have gotten, teases Harry
about being famous and all, but maybe he is using a bit of psychology to
keep Harry on his toes and teach him that fame isn't everything, that he
must learn to stand on his own two feet or he will die just like his
father..  I doubt that he would, even given every chance, ever try to
kill Harry.  He is trying to pay James back for saving his life after
all by protecting his son, even if he thinks the son is a worthless
spoiled kid who gets free racing brooms, rare magical items and has some
of the most powerful wizards protecting him and he ignores it by doing
stupid stunts like flying around in cars in broad daylight or
associating with excaped prisoners...  Its little wonder he gets mad at
Harry. I don't blame him a bit.  Plus Snape still suspects Harry stole
supplies from his stores and NO student would be treated well by him if
he thought they were a thief.  He might have had some secend thoughts
after Barty Croch saying he had Dobby steal the gillyweed, leaving only
that Boomslang skin.  That and what Harry went through might have been
why his gaze was so unreadable at the end of the 4th book as he might
have started to realize that this 'famous boy' might be a more worthy
person then he thought, though pride might make him not want to admit
it.

Oh..and not all the students hate him.  The Slytherins show no sign of
this.  Hermione also tends to stand up for Snape a lot.. 

I think a lot of people are reading Severus Snape wrong. He may be an
anti-social grouch, but I feel he is basically a good person who made a
few mistakes in his youth that he is forced to live with now.  Might
sour anyone's disposition.

Jazmyn