in defense of Harry OOP Spoiler

[Barbara Bowen]

No: HPFGUIDX 66822

SPOILER

Okay, not a fan of Snape.  My 2 knuts on the penseive
flap.


I know Harry did a BAD thing by trespassing on Snape's
thoughts in the penseive.  But let's remember
something, before we say the kid should apologize. 
Snape was invading Harry's mind with every lesson,
delving into all of Harry's memories, and Harry was
offered NO opportunity to lay aside any he found too
painful to share.  Furthermore, Snape is a teacher who
has always shown himself to loathe Harry, and has
taken every opportunity to be unfair to Harry.  But no
one wants Snape to apologize to Harry for invading his
painful memories? And it also strikes me that Harry
was enduring this "attack" (and that was what it felt
like to him) in a completely stoically way. Snape
finds Harry in his memories, and flips out.  How is
this fair?  Who was the adult here?  Who had the
power?  Not Harry.

So!  Harry may well apologize in book six. He should. 
But it seems to me that Snape needs to apologize to
Harry, too.

Sorry to be so severe to Severus!  But Harry had some
excuse here.

Marmelade Mom  

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