Trust (was: Re: Severus snape´s possible ethnic background)

[subrosax99]

No: HPFGUIDX 75582

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "subrosax99" <subrosax at e...> 
> wrote:
> me:
>  > One minor point.  People don't distrust Snape because he used to 
> be  a Death Eater.  Most people don't know he used to be a Death 
> > Eater.  Ron and Harry at least distrusted him because he was mean.
>  
> Allyson: 
> > Ah well, you may be right about that. I'm not sure it's WIDELY 
> known, though I assumed some people would be aware of the 
> connection, based on the pensieve scenes in GoF. If memory serves, 
> there were inquiries, and Snape's name came up at Karkaroff's (I 
> >think) trial.
> > 
> 
> me (bibphile) again:
> 
> Yes, but we've never seen those people distrust Snape.  The only 
> people I can think of that we've seen distrust Snape are Hermione 
> (PS only), Ron, Sirius, and Harry.  Harry is the only one of those 
> eho knows Snape used to be a Death Eater (I think) and he 
distrusted 
> Snape long before he knew that.  In fact, he almost seems to trust 
> Snape more since he found out.
> 
> bibphile

You got me there. Now that you point it out, even Lupin seems to find 
Snape trustworthy, so you are right. Probably most people do trust 
Snape, even if it is misplaced. Which side misplaces their trust is 
of course dependant on whether you believe Snape is truly a spy for 
Dumbledore or an unrepentant DE. So, I think we can remove one 
charactaristic for the list of "ethnical" stereotypes.

Allyson