[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Hermoine trusts Snape

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 69591

Peggy wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Josephine" <josie421 at h...>
> wrote:
> <snip>
> > As for Snape taunting Hermione, I can imagine he's like any
> > abused human being - he's repeating a pattern. Someone beats you at
> > home - you go beat up someone else. Snape is bitter, let's face that.
> > He's not satisified with his job, he's pretty much resented all over
> > the castle, he's got greasy hair and has to live with threaths of
> > melon scoops. He's picking on the weak (well... sort of), paying
> > back, whatever - he's acting childish. He needs a good kick in the
> > ass and a hug and perhaps a big kiss. Thank you. :)
> 
> Peg:
> 
> Actually, Darrin and I were arguing for the melon scoop treatment
> only if Snape said what he said just for kicks.  If he's trying to
> keep his cover intact, *and* he said what he said to keep that cover
> in place, and *only* if he said it for that reason, then the line is
> allowed.  But he'd better apologize to Hermione, if he hasn't already.

Me:

You know, what bemuses me about this whole incident is that,
nasty as the remark was at the time, Hermione (the teenager)
seems to have gotten over it a whole lot better than many of the
list members, who are Grownups.  (It says so right in our list
title!)  And no, I don't think the reason for that is that
Hermione has some Secret Knowledge about Snape.  I think that,
with her usual calm good sense (okay, I said =usual.=  The House
Elves are an aberration! :) ), she realized that in the overall
scheme of things, it wasn't that big a deal.

Melon scoops.  Really.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>