I Hate Snape...

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 56290

Hobbit boy, opening himself up to the Snape-lovers out here, wrote:

> 
> Now, I'm not saying that he's evil.  Snape might truly be working
> for the Light.  He might even be helping Dumbledore to work off a
> life-debt, or just out of good old-fashioned pragmaticism.  I don't
> deny that Snape may be a good character, or a character who is 
working
> for good.  He may even give the final sacrifice to defeat Voldemort 
in
> the end, for all I know.  I still hate him, though.  Snape could 
kill
> Voldemort with his own hands and hand his head to Dumbledore on a 
silver
> platter, and I would still hate him - just because of 4 simple 
words.
> 
> "I see no difference."
> 
> -Hobbit_guy, who's glad to get this out in the open. 
> S.L.Y.T.H.E.R.I.N.S. post coming, I promise!

Last year, when my good friend Jenny from Ravenclaw and I were in a 
knockdown, drag-out debate about Hagrid's worth as a teacher, I 
brought this quote up when saying that Snape is the worst teacher in 
school. I still believe that. 

Put it this way, if my teenage daughter, through no fault of her own, 
got injured, and instead of taking her to the school nurse, the 
teacher insulted her appearance in front of her peers, I'd not only 
get that teacher fired, I'd sue the district for six figures AND make 
a point of traveling to other districts that wanted to hire the 
scumbag and talk them out of it.

My guess has always been that Snape puts down Hermione at every 
chance because he's afraid she will someday outstrip his 
achievements. He's one of those teachers scared of smart students, 
that they might make him look bad by asking a question he doesn't 
know the answer to. 

Keep in mind, she figured out his oh-so-clever logic puzzle in about 
10 seconds and got 50 points in front of the whole school for it. 
Remember, Percy knew that the giant chess set was McGonagall's, so 
why wouldn't people know that Hermione beat Snape's logic puzzle? 

But... I will say this.

Snape MIGHT have to be playing a role in order to keep Draco, Crabbe, 
Goyle and any other Slytherins whose dads are death-eaters from 
getting too suspicious. If he started coddling the Gryffindors, Draco 
and his Merry Band of Morons might get suspcious.

How to redeem that one line? It's corny, but I would like to see, 
sometime before the Big Showdown, Snape get a moment with Hermione.

"Miss Granger, I have had to portray a certain... image for the 
greater good, but you should know that a teacher hopes that one 
student in a generation is like you."

Or something less sappy. But you get the idea.

Darrin
-- Got Hobbit's back for when the Snape-lovers come out and flame him.