[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and respect

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51038

In a message dated 1/29/03 5:23:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com writes:


> How about some fairness or is it to much to ask of Snape too? 

Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!!  Throw on the brakes here babe.  I, as a SILK SHIRT, 
believe fully that Snape *is* fair.  Okay, we'll take their first class 
together as example.  Does Snape know that Harry doesn't have an ideas about 
special treatment?  No.  All Snape knows is that he has a famous boy in his 
class who could quite possibly get out of hand and he wants to make sure that 
Harry knows he won't get away with it.
The incident with Hermione's teeth.  Okay, Snape could've handled that one 
better, but that's what makes Snape Snape!  He's a nasty wicked git - but I 
love him.  I understand where Snape is coming from though, regardless.  He 
has a girl who has (with her two friends) shown him nothing but disrespect 
for over three years.  Now, after Potter pulls another incident, she's in 
trouble.  He really should've handled that better.  I'm not saying what he 
did was right.
Overall, Snape is the guy we hate.  We're supposed to.  The way the books are 
told, Harry's POV, makes us hate him.  There's alot more to Snape than that.  
I know that I personally hold grudges and get very angry and I say things I 
shouldn't.  I know this will start an onslaught of "But Snape's a *teacher*!" 
retorts.  I honestly feel that that argument doesn't apply to the situation.  
Dumbledore's a teacher - he should treat everyone equal, but he doesn't.  
People are people; they will act how they wish.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
(Who was about to start a reply to the Snape one, but then decided Tom did it 
so much better than she ever could!)


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