Snape, Obliviate, Neville?

[anakinbester]

No: HPFGUIDX 44493

Amy wroter (paraphrased)
> In some fanfics, Snape seems to have an antipathy 
> toward Obliviate.  Is there canon support for this?

 From my reading of the books, no there isn't anything to support 
this. I don't even recall the subject of obliviation coming up around 
Snape. I _think_ people simply see Snape as some kind of tragic yet 
noble figure, and therefore he could have objections to that spell. I 
think that might be the writers personal feeling sshowing through 
sometimes. I certainly have aproblem with that spell and how the 
wizards don't seem to have a lot of ethics (that we've been shown) 
regarding its use. I think it's those feelings that get put onto 
Snape. 

> re: Snape's behavior 
> toward Neville.  

As much as I'd like to say that Snape is hard an Neville for some 
nice reason, I really think he treats Neville like that simply 
because the poor boy is so bad in potions. I speak from expirience 
when I say the quickest way to get a chem teacher (chemistry class is 
pretty close to potions in my book) to hate you is to blow something 
up, especially when you really should not have been able to. 

-Ani