Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 87659

"mommystery2003" 
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One of the difficulties of the books is that we are only seeing 
things through Harry's perspective..we know he is blaming (wrongly)
Snape for Black's death, but we are not seeing Snape's reaction on 
being told Black died...I'm sure Snape is affected by it somehow, 
even if it's the loss of an adversary and I for one will miss the 
little insulting conversations between the two - they certainly made 
for some humorous reading!

Getting back to Harry though, he learned in the first book that Snape 
was the one protecting him from falling off the broom, but never even 
thought to go thank him for it - instead, he continues to see Snape 
as the evil person he's told he is...also, in one respect Harry is 
spoiled and cosseted - he continually breaks the rules, yet is 
rewarded at the end for doing so - is it any wonder Snape sees some 
of James in Harry?  What punishment did Black receive for the prank 
he played on Snape?  What punishment did James receive for hanging 
Snape upside down?  None it seems...

Hello all, Fred Waldrop here;

(mommystery2003"One of the difficulties of the books is that we are 
only seeingthings through Harry's perspective..we know he is blaming 
(wrongly)Snape for Black's death.")
Fred waldrop:I don't know, if Snape would have came out to the forest 
to let Harry know that Sirius was OK, Harry would not have went to 
the MOM. But Snape was in the school probably thinking "hahaha, you 
don't know if your godfather is alive or dead, and that is fine by 
me, you filthy little...." So, in a way it is Snape's fault. If he 
would have gone and told Harry that Sirius was home and OK, Sirius 
would still be alive.

(mommystery2003"he never thanked him (Snape) for it"...) 
For what? Doing his job? 
Tell me "mommystery2003", wouldn't you think it IS the teachers jobs 
to protect the students as much as possible? I do.
But according to yo, it is up to the 11 year old children to look 
after themself.
Luckily, Harry and company is pretty good at doing just that, isn't 
it?

(mommysyery2003"also, in one respect Harry is spoiled and cosseted")
Fred again: In what way is Harry spoilted and conceited? I have 
always wanted someone to explain this to me.

(mommystery2003"he continually breaks the rules, yet is rewarded at 
the end for doing so")
Fred again:He is fighting a war. He has to break some rules to win. 
When he is caught, he is punished like everyone else.

(mommystey2003"What punishment did Black receive for the prank he 
played on Snape?")
Fred again: And what punishment did Snape get for being where he was, 
out of school, out of bounds, and in the presents of a werewolf?
Everyone keeps talking like it is Blacks fault for Snape almost 
becomeing Kibbles and Bitts(dogfood), but it was Snapes own faught. 
Was he suppost to be out of the school after dark? NO! Was he suppost 
to be around the Wamping Willow? NO! Hell, he wasn't even suppost to 
be out of his dorm after hours.
So, how is it James or Sirious fault for Snape getting into the teeth 
of a werewolf? It wasn't!!! If Snape would have minded his own 
business, and possible used the time he was wasting on spying on MWPP 
and washed his hair, maybe he would not have been disliked as much.

(Derek Hiemforth"If Snape mistreats Harry because he sees too much of 
James in him, I can't think of anything Harry could do to change that 
impression more than to to willingly approach Snape, thank him for 
his help, apologize for his own actions, and express regret at his 
father's actions.")
Fred again:And while Harry's at it, he can apologize for the way 
Snapes dad trated him, for the fact that DD hasn't given him the 
defence against the dark arts, for him having oily hair and every 
other bad thing that has happened to Snape in his life.
When will everyone understand that SNAPE is the ADULT and HARRY is 
the CHILD. Of course, I understand, the Snape lovers feel that Snape 
had a bad childhood and Harry had such a wonderful childhood, so 
Harry should just buck up and do what needs to be done and lick 
Snapes boots and, and, and......
There is nothing Harry could do, except kill Snape, which would make 
Harry's life much, much better, that would make Snape get off Harry's 
back.

Fred