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

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No: HPFGUIDX 47026

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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. 

Me:
I like Snape, really I do. In fact he, Sirius and Harry are probably 
my absolute favourites in the books. I suppose even if book 5 will 
not be very good (I doubt it, but who knows :o)), but we'll have 
enough emotionally charging scenes between these three, I'll be a 
very happy camper.

But I absolutely detest how he treats Harry and his teaching style in 
general. I do not think he hates Harry (yes, you don't save 
somebody's life if you hate this person), but it also does not 
necessarily mean that he likes Harry.

I think Snape is absolutely loyal to Dumbledore and he could save 
Harry simply because he was assigned to protect Harry and being an 
honorable person he did just that (or he could've been doing the 
obvious - repaying Harry's father). Snape may also know that Harry is 
destined to save WW and not wanting Voldemort to rule, he could save 
Harry for self-serving purposes.

Snape may have seen the worst at war, but whether he likes it or not 
he is a teacher now and he has an obligation to his students not to 
terrorize them, but to teach them.

Harry did not ask for his fame. He does not like it and I am sure 
Snape knows it. I am sure the child would trade al his fame for his 
parents to be back among the living with him 

Jazmyn:
> He seems to treat people like equals if they 'deserve' it, like
> Dumbledore. 

 Me:
I don't want Snape to treat Harry as equal yet. I want him to treat 
Harry as traumatized orphan, who fought evil several times in his 
very young age and not traumatize him any more. 

Jazmyn:
> 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. 

Me:
No, I don't think he hates him, but I still don't like how he teaches 
him. I think Severus should try to stop see James in Harry. In fact, 
I hope he will by the end of the books.
I did say before that Harry will definitely grew up and will see that 
Snape is not that bad, but Snape also should grow up and try to see 
who Harry really is.

Jazmyn:
> 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.

Me: Yes, I think he is a  good person, but who made much more than a 
few mistakes in his youth. I like him, because he genuily seeks 
redemption, but in my opinion he really needs to mature emotionally 
and I am looking forward to the journey.

Alla,
who apologises for any mistakes in her post, because she really needs 
to go to bed.