Snape: The fact that he exists

[annoyedpackrat]

No: HPFGUIDX 71375

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aurigae_prime" <ZaraLyon at a...> 
wrote:
> And then AnneL added:
> 
> > Actually, he called him 'Lupin', always. He only uses first names 
> > with Karakoff in Goblet of Fire. Lupin kept pressing the issue by 
> > calling Snape by his first name -- stubborn overtures of 
> friendship 
> > or insidious mind game? You decide...
> > 
> 
> And I (Rhiannon the RavenSlyth) suggest:
> 
> Couldn't he have been trying to indicate that he's left their old 
> antagonism behind? The emphasis on "Severus" is an indication that 
> he's dropped "Snivellus" in the past and is willing to deal with 
> Severus Snape as an adult and an equal, instead of as an old rival. 
> I suspect that Lupin was willing to make an apology, but Snape 
> wasn't yet ready to accept it.
> 

Except that Remus persisted in using his first name, even after 
Severus rebuffed him by replying with Remus' surname only. I did 
think that Remus was just being very stubborn in attempt to bury the 
hatchet until OotP came out.

In light of *that*, I think Remus' behavior in PoA comes across more 
as mind-game. Refering to Severus by his given name when he's not 
reciprocating doesn't indicate intimacy, it's putting Severus in the 
one-down position. 

As to Remus using 'Snivellus', we no information on whether he ever 
used that nickname, or whether it was strictly as James&Sirius thing. 
Remus did, however, fail in his responsibility to keep order as 
prefect (when they were children) and to reign Sirius in (as adults 
in the Order).

AnneL