The inner Snape /SHIP McGonagall

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 77355

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 

I wrote:
 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, 


> > 
then "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.  


 Laura agreed:
> > 
> > Wanda, I agree with you.  

And so did Catherine: 
> More agreement. Dumbledore is willing to tease people, but he knows
> not to push too far 


But you misunderstand me. I never said what I believe DD *thinks* of 
Snape. He obviously trusts him. He trusts him with students, he 
trusts him as a spy, he trusts him with Harry--the son of his 
(Snape's) enemy.
But he still treats him SHABBILY. A couple of quick examples off the 
top of my head: He discounts everything he says (what we've seen of 
it) with idiotic comments about things like pudding. He wipes the 
floor with his beloved Slytherin House points at the leaving feast. 
How EVER you feel about who deserved how many points at that moment, 
you should agree DD SHOULD have given Severus a 'heads up' on what 
was going to happen. 
No, there's no indication that he didn't do just that, but there is 
certainly nothing to suggest he did. I would LOVE to imagine that DD 
took him aside and poured him a large drink after the Shrieking Shack 
Tantrum incident and explained the Sirius/Peter situation to him. 
(Remember, S. was unconcious. He honestly believed he was doing the 
right thing there). Unfortunately I'd be LESS surprised to find out 
DD let Severus go on believing they'd all been duped by a 13 year old.

The scene at the end of OoP in which DD confesses mishandling Harry 
makes me wonder if he's not also thinking he might have mishandled 
Severus. His comments about the depth of the injury suffered at the 
hands of James "way back when" makes me hope so.

I do not dispute DD has faith in Snape and might even like him. That 
just makes his outward treatment of the man even more painful. As you 
point out, Severus seems to have very little of the sense of humor 
that appreciates gentle teasing (DUH! Wonder Why?) Why then does DD 
persist in that sort of treatment?

Ok, that's my Severus comfort rant for now.

Melpomene