[HPforGrownups] Re: Who's more out of line? (WAS: Snape and respect)

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51203

Tcy: 


> I was much more tolerant of Crouch/Moody turning Malfoy into a ferret 
> before I knew it was Crouch, Jr. *and* after!  It was funny!  Snape's 
> treatment of Hermione in that instance just seemed cruel.  I felt 
> neither was an appropriate thing for a teacher to do - but, I 
> chalked Crouch/Moody's actions up to Moody being so unconventional 
> and (later, once revealed)Crouch, Jr. being *evil*.  Another reason 
> is that I hold Snape to a higher standard than Crouch, Jr. or Moody.  
> Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with everything he does...but while 
> I dislike some of his choices, Snape has my respect (and I think he 
> will probably continue to have it as I learn more in the books to 
> come - I hope).

Me:  

I agree with you here. I'm an avid Snape lover, but there are times when I'd 
like to slap him across the face.  

The teeth insult may have been uncalled for, but so was the ferret bouncing 
(funny as it was ^^). In these cases I think both Snape and Crouch!Moody are 
equally out of line, just on different levels. 

Crouch!Moody, I imagine, was bouncing Ferret!Draco around to physically hurt 
him/give him a bit of a shock. He was also publicly humiliating him AND going 
against Dumbledore's rules.  

In the incident with Snape...Hermione already feels humiliated. Snape just 
adds fuel to the fire.  

I think the Ferret thing is funny because, even though we know 'moody' to be 
a strange character, it's unexpected. With Snape I'm sure many of us we be 
suprised (even disappointed) if he hadn't said something cruel. If he just 
told Hermione to go to the hospital wing and then went on with class I would 
just seem...unSnapeish to me.  

~Cassie~




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