Snape Respects Harry Now

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No: HPFGUIDX 74822

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:
> And you barely scratched the surface.  Harry has lied to Snape's 
face 
> about the stolen potion ingredients, even though Harry didn't steal 
them 
> directly, others stole them for him. Harry, Ron and Hermione 
knocked 
> Snape, a TEACHER out in the presence of an unstable werewolf. They 
freed 
> Sirius afterwards, not endearing them to Snape at all.
> 
> I'm amazed Severus Snape was as nice to Harry during the lessons as 
he 
> was.  Most people would have been itching to rip the little brat's 
head 
> off and claim he was eaten by the security troll guarding Harry's 
broom..
> I do feel that Snape thought that Dumbledore coddled Harry too 
much, 
> noting that Harry got more answers out of Snape then most people he 
> asked.  The other adults treating him as if he was too young to 
hear any 
> of it, but Snape carefully feeding him info between bouts of trying 
to 
> get him to be respectful or listen to him shows that Snape at least 
> believes that Harry IS old enough to know this stuff.  One figures 
Snape 
> felt Harry should have known about the prophecy from day one, but 
> Dumbledore risked a lot of peoples lives by NOT being straight with 
> Harry from day one.  If Harry had known, he might not have allowed 
> himself to be sucked into Voldemort's plots.. Cedric might not have 
> died, Voldemort might not have gotten his body back, etc.

I'll go you one further on this subject. If anything, I would think 
Snape would respect Harry even LESS than he did before, if that's 
possible. He might understand Harry a bit more, and may even 
sympathize with his abusive upbringing, but I'm not sure that 
translates into respect. 

When it came down to a moment of real crisis, Harry was running 
around like a chicken with it's head cut off, and as usual, took 
matters into his own hands. This seemed rather like plucky aplomb in 
the earlier books, but this time it struck me as totally 
irresponsible and selfish. Then Harry has the audacity to blame Snape 
for the whole fiasco. 

Dumbledore's response of (I'm paraphrasing) "oh, I should have known 
that Snape couldn't put aside his feelings" was even more 
unbelievable to me. Is Dumbledore going the way of Ronald Reagan or 
what? Harry is the one who couldn't put his feelings aside!

Obviously, Snape has what could charitably called "issues." I think 
he really wants to be respected and thought of as important, perhaps 
even pathologically so. A little strategic brown-nosing on Harry's 
part might go a long way. That, and a sincere apology. 

Don't get me wrong, I am very fond of Harry, but after OoP, I respect 
him less.

Allyson