Why Hermoine trusts Snape

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 69390


> Anyway, the "Hermione knows" theory is plausible in that it does 
hang together with what we know of the players.  
> 
> I have two problems with it.

>All  sorts of injuries and hex-induced maladies strike the students, 
> either through deliberate acts, or through learning exercises gone 
> wrong.  It seems to be an accepted fact of life that weird things 
> will happen to your body when at a school of magic.  This is by no 
> means meant as a suggestion that Snape be given a pass for his 
> response. But, I'm not convinced that the "crime" was enough for 
> DDore to spill the beans.

The key is not that Hermione got hurt, but in Snape's reaction to it.

In every other case where someone got hurt, the teacher, even Snape 
when Neville splashed himself with some potion, has gotten medical 
attention quickly.

In this case, he mocked her, and then turned away, leaving her to 
fend for herself. And let us remember that Hermione was in no way 
responsible for what happened to her. She was an innocent bystander 
who in fact, tried to stop Draco and Harry fighting.

I think the crime was indeed more severe than normal. It is 
questionable what Hermione would have been able to do about it, but 
she's smart enough to cause trouble. 


> 2. DDore knows that Snape and Harry have a difficult relationship. 
> Unless Snape's backstory concerns Harry or his parents in some 
> horrific event in some way, wouldn't one way to lessen some of 
> Harry's animosity to Snape to be to let him in on the story?  
> Granted, that may help Harry understand Snape and does nothing to 
> mitigate Snape's dislike of Harry, so the burden of understanding 
>and potential attitude change is all on Harry. 

As it always is. The burden is always on the teenager over the 
alleged adult in this relationship. Blah, blah, blah. Let Snape grow 
up for once.

Harry has already asked and D-Dore said, "It's between me and Snape." 

D-Dore would have told Hermione because of what Snape did to her OR, 
to throw a bone to the Snape-ites, Snape told her out of regret and 
bad memories from his own painful childhood.

But now, D-Dore has watched as Snape let his own personal feelings 
for Harry get in the way of Order business, he might not feel so 
protective of Snape.
 
Darrin