[HPforGrownups] Re: Who's at fault for Snape v. Harry?

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 67982

In a message dated 7/7/03 12:05:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bard7696 at aol.com 
writes:
> He's an 11-year-old boy, Talia. I don't care how the rest of the 
> Wizarding World views him. Snape, especially if he was involved in 
> warning James and Lily, knows damn well what Harry went through.
> 
> Again, expecting an 11-year-old boy to be more mature than his 
> teacher is completely unrealistic and unfair.

Oops!  Sorry about that guys...I do that all the time....Didn't label my 
sarcasm.  I *was* being sarcastic there about the saint thing - didn't really mean 
it the way it came out.  I don't think ElevenYearOld!Harry should've been 
more mature, but I think now that Current!Harry knows that Snape is a hating 
prat, he should ignore him.  It's not like Snape is going to change anytime soon 
without an epiphany.  It doesn't make Snape's nastiness okay.  I see Snape in 
the same vein as my band director.  He's always yelling and screaming at the 
whole group or a single person.  For the first year, we all were kind of afraid 
and stayed quiet.  But by the last year we knew there was nothing we could do 
but ignore him or go crazy.

Talia


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