MadEye & Malfoy - James & Snape - Everyone & Umbridge

[pickle_jimmy]

No: HPFGUIDX 67996

I have just been reading through the posts that seem to paint Snape 
as some kind of "Hard done by", "mis-understood", "victim" who is 
needlessly attacked by people and should be treated better.

What the Hey?? I quote canon:

"Git" said Fred idly.
"He's on our side now" said Hermione reprovingly.
Ron snorted. "Doesn't stop him being a git."

Why do we love Snape so much? Everyone is anti-James because we see 
an *edited* snippet of the way he treated Snape, but we see none of 
how Snape treated him, none of the "pre-pensieve event" life.

None of us are anti-MadEye!Crouch because he turned Malfoy into a 
ferret. Because Malfoy is a Git.

None of us is sticking up for Umbridge - poor woman get's undermined 
by teachers, left to the centaurs, and then run out of Hogwarts by 
students and staff alike. We still don't think she got her just 
desserts. Because Umbridge is a Git.

So why are there so many "Snape Admirers" out there??

He is an awful person. He's an Ex Death Eater - obviously a good role 
model for a start. He abuses his position as a member of staff. He 
has poor (if any) teaching skills. He belittles students. He plays 
favourites. Bad tempered. Hostile. Poor personal hygiene. He still 
sulks about his life at school. What's to like about the Git?

And yet when he is "disarmed" by HRH in the Shrieking Shack during 
his tirade, we call *them* reckless. 

When he is tormented by James, we feel sorry for him and attack James.

Why aren't we pro Umbridge? Let's see more of the "Quill of Death"!
Why aren't we disgusted at McGonnagal's behaviour toward Umbridge?

Below is a snippet of a Harry/Malfoy episode. If *this* was all 
Harry's son had seen of his dad's treatment of Malfoy at school, he 
might get an unbalanced view of his dad. And asking Ron and Hermione -
 they might say that he (Harry) was good at everything and that He 
never got on with Malfoy and that he took every opportunity to 
torment him, because he (Malfoy) too is a Git.

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Malfoy glanced around - Harry knew he was checking for signs of 
teachers - then he looked back at Harry and said in a low voice, 
`You're dead, Potter.'

Harry raised his eyebrows. 'Funny' he said, `you'd think I'd have 
stopped walking around
'

Malloy looked angrier than Harry had ever seen him; he felt a kind of 
detached satisfaction at the sight of his pale, pointed face 
contorted with rage.

'You're going to pay,' said Malloy in a voice barely louder than a 
whisper. `I'm going to make you pay for what you've done to my 
father
'

`Well, I'm terrified now,' said Harry sarcastically. `I's'pose Lord 
Voldemort's just a warm-up act compared to you three - what's the 
matter?' he added, for Malfoy Crabbe and Goyle had all looked 
stricken at the sound of the name. `He's a mate of your dad, isn't 
he? Not scared of him, are you?'

'You think you're such a big man, Potter,' said Malfoy, advancing 
now, Crabbe and Goyle flanking him. `You wait. I'll have you. You 
can't land my father in prison.'

`I thought 1 just had,' said Harry.

`The Dementors have left Azkaban,' said Malfoy quietly. `Dad and the 
others'll be out in no time
'

`Yeah, I expect they will,' said Harry `Still, at least everyone 
knows what scumbags they are now'

Malfoy's hand flew towards his wand, but Harry was too quick for him; 
he had drawn his own wand before Malfoy's fingers had even entered 
the pocket of his robes.
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Just my POV but, it's easy with editing to show anyone in a bad 
light. 

Pickle Jimmy - Who hates Snape! Give him hell James!