Snape/Lily and respect, was Snape and Respect

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51374

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999 <foxmoth at q...>" 
<foxmoth at q...> wrote:

<Snip Snape/Lily explanation for the "I see no difference" scene.>

> He's not thinking, "what's the nastiest thing I can say to a 
> helpless teenage girl", he's thinking, "how do I make this 
> hysterical underage female  get herself under control without 
> blowing my cover, and what the hell just happened to me?"

And the best answer he can come up with is to sneer and coldly 
say "I see no difference"?  Color me highly unconvinced.  

There is not the slightest sign of anything unusual in Snape's 
demeanor during that scene. No unexplicable looks or gestures, no 
sign of distraction or distress. It's all the standard Snape 
nastiness, and I think that he is, in fact, thinking "what's the 
nastiest thing I can say to a helpless teenage girl?"  Or, more 
likely, "what's the nastiest thing I can say to a deeply annoying 
Gryffindor know-it-all who's been a thorn in my side for four years 
running, and whom I've just been lucky to catch in a particularly 
vulnerable moment."

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com