The inner Snape /SHIP McGonagall

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 77340

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" <melclaros at y...> 
> > wrote:
> >  They have *always* been friendly and except for DD, who Snape is 
> > > deferential to (grammar police on the way) and who treats Snape 
> > like 
> > > an annoyance at best--garbage at worst, she's really the only one 
> > who 
> > > seems to have any sort of camaraderie with SS that we are privvy 
> > to.
> 
> >  "Wanda Sherratt" <wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> 
> > Do you really think Dumbledore thinks so little of Snape?  I think 
> > he's rather protective of Snape - he never lets Harry get away with 
> > just calling him by his last name, he always makes a point of 
> > correcting him, and reminding Harry that it's *Professor* Snape.  
> He 
> > does countermand him sometimes, and at the end of PoA he ends up 
> > making him look foolish, but honestly, Snape can be IMPOSSIBLE 
> > sometimes!  I don't think it's inconsistent that Dumbledore can 
> feel 
> > concern and even affection for his prickly Potions Master, while 
> > being perfectly aware of his faults and limitations. <snip> 
> > Wanda
> 
> Laura:
> 
> Wanda, I agree with you.  Even in the PoA scene when Snape has his 
> meltdown, DD is gentle.  He knows exactly what's going on, which is 
> why he tells Fudge that Snape has just suffered a severe 
> disappointment.  And he leaves it at that-to go into detail would not 
> only compromise Sirius, it would embarrass Snape.  At the end of GoF, 
> he is one of the 2 teachers DD trusts to deal with the crisis after 
> Harry returns from the cemetery.  And he trusts Snape, which he says 
> repeatedly, despite numerous challenges.  Up until his utter 
> mishandling of Harry in OoP, DD showed himself to be remarkably 
> compassionate and understanding of everyone at Hogwarts.

More agreement. Dumbledore is willing to tease people, but he knows
not to push too far and is good at oil on troubled waters. I'm
particularly thinking of the Christmas dinner scene in PoA when Snape
gets the vulture hat and Dumbledore immediately swops it. He knows
that Snape is simply incapable of finding this funny and steps in
before anything can happen. Very fatherly.

Catherine McK