Snape and respect

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51301


Michael Broadwater wrote:
It's a huge leap to go from "Hermione can create flame" 
to "Hermione set me on fire even though she was sitting 
in another part of the stadium and I never saw who did 
it."

I reply:
Sure, it's a great leap, if Snape's an unobservant idiot.

How do we know that Snape *doesn't* know? After all, she was under 
the seats, but somehow Quirrell was aware that it was her. If 
Quirrell was aware, I wouldn't say that's it's any stretch that Snape 
could have figured it out.

And *besides,* no matter how much students dislike Snape, there are 
few who will openly defy him - and HHR are pretty much the only ones 
that come to mind. And out of those three, Hermione's really the only 
one to point the finger at, since Harry was playing, and Ron's skills 
are mediocre, from what we know.

-Tom