Snape's interactionRe: Snape and Hagrid

Sat Feb 15 18:39:55 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 52295

Kateydidnt wrote:
Now at the moment I cannot think of any particular evidence of any 
ill feelings between Snape and Hagrid or any point where they speak 
ill of each other. So ,in light of this vehement defense of Snape, I 
am now wondering just what the relationship between Hagrid and snape 
is.

This is what bugs me about the character of Snape.  His lack of 
interation between other secondry characters.  We see him talk to 
Quirrle in PS only as misdirection.  He barly stays in the same room 
long enough to pass two words with Lupin when at Hogwarts.  In the 
Shrieking Shack however, well, he doesn't really talk with as talk to 
Sirius and the others.

However we have seen him talk with Dumbledore and Harry but, well, he 
have much space in the book if he didn't interact with either of 
these two characters.  Infact I think the only people Harry has come 
into contact with and Dumbledore hasn't is the Dursleys.

Also we have never really seen him properly comunicate with Draco.  
There is that one time in CoS where he tells Draco about the snake 
spell but thats it.  Apart from the odd smirk in potions.

But thats another post for another time.  There is one scene ,in CoS 
I think, but I can't be sure, that Snape and Hagrid actually pass two 
words.  Ron has just lunged at Draco after he made a comment about 
Ron wanting to help Hagrid and earn some money.  Snape breaks up the 
fight by taking 5 points from Gryfindor.  Hagrid protests but Snape 
merely says that fighting is forbiden in the corridors and leaves it 
at that.  There is no sneering at Hagrid, or the fact that he is a 
teacher and Hagrid is merely a gamekeeper.

Kateydidnt wrote:
Anyway as I was thinking this, I suddenly noticed how avidly Hagrid 
was defending Snape.  Between pages 192-3 (US Paperback) of SS/PS 
Hagrid says "Why would Snape do something like that/" ; "Snape's a 
Hogwarts teacher, he'd do nothin' of the sort" ; "I'm tellin' yeh, 
yer wrong! ...Snape wouldn' try an' kill a student!"

This part of PS has always confused me.  It seems crowbared in then 
it is never refered to again.  Harry never wonders why Hagrid has 
this trust in Severus (I like to think it has something to do with 
his time at Hogwarts).  It is never mentioned again.

Something has just occured to me when reading the last 
statment "Snape wouldn' try an' kill a student".  But what about 
Sirius.  We know what Hagrid thinks of him in the Three Broomsticks 
chapter in PoA while he is thought to be guilty but what about now 
that he is innocent.  I am reasonably certain that Hagrid knew about 
Lupin's condition.  Lets face it a guy like that would certainly know 
what a werewolf howl sounded like.

Perhaps the trio's conviciton that Snape was trying to hex Harry 
reminded him of the Severus/James fighting when they went to 
Hogwarts.  What if he knew about the prank, what if he knew that in 
all his years at Hogwarts Severus never tried to kill anyone but a 
certain best friend of a certain pupils father would.

Aplogies for the rather random topics in this post and the rushed 
effect it has.  I am avoiding doing my Calculus - integration by 
parts and differential equations - even more terrifying than 
Voldemort!

Amy Marblefeet