Hermione/Snape (OoP and a bit from PS/SS)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 69962

Adam: 

> I will not argue that JKR has described Snape as sadistic and cruel 
> [although I am wondering that since this quote by JKR does not 
> appear in any of the books, then does it exist?...that was more for 
> Darrin ;)]. 

Here I am! OK, let's use the example of my "no good Slyth in canon = 
no good Slyth!" (post-Riddle, that is)

If, for some reason, JKR let is slip that in one of the books, we'd 
get a Slyth who was worth something, then I would have to modify my 
position, unless she then doesn't come through.

Example: I could have sworn I read somewhere that JKR said the Flying 
Anglia was going to be in OoP. It wasn't, so you have to discount the 
interview (if it actually happened and I'm not just imagining things.)

So, I think JKR's thoughts on the characters are valid for examining 
them. 


> However, the main point of the post was to give a 
> possible explanation as to why the "bucktooth incident" doesn't 
seem  to bother Hermione as much as we seem to think it should.  Alot 
of  people has said things to the effect of Hermione let this 
incident go because she trusts Snape because Dumbledore does.  I was 
offering another explanation of Hermione's reaction based on her 
attitudes about learning and comparing it to my own attitudes as a 
student.  Nothing more, nothing less.  I am pleased that it has 
generated a good discussion on both sides, though.  

Just to be clear, I think a rational, matter-of-fact Hermione does 
not cancel out her desire for revenge, which D-Dore would calm by 
letting her in on Snape.

Again, this is the girl who went after Rita Skeeter with chilling 
precision and who calculated the Polyjuice Plan, which, you could 
argue really kicked into gear after Malfoy called her a mudblood.

She doesn't have to have been hysterical to want Snape's greasy butt 
nailed to the barn door.

It is also possible that Hermione knows about Snape not through any 
of this, but through good old fashioned research. For all we know, 
there is a reference to a Theseus, Medusa and Perseus Evans in 
Hogwarts: A History that tells everything. 

Since she's the only one who reads it, only she would know.

Darrin
-- Always happy to keep a Snape discussion going.