Snape: The fact that he exists

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> > 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.
> > 

>AnnL 
> 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).
> 

I still think he was trying to bury the hatchet.  I don't think it 
was meant as a put down.  I think Remus regrets allowing James ans 
Sirius to torment Snape in school.  I don't think he's intentionally 
insult Snape now, just because of old "bad feelings" between them or 
because Snape is resentful of his presence.  I think he can kind of 
understand snape's resentment and want to make Snape let go of it, 
noot to make it stronger.

I don't think Remus ever used "Snivellus" but I gree thathe was 
using Severus in part to distance himself from the use of the name 
(when they were in school) by James and Sirius (Who he was closly 
associated with.)

Remus did fail in his responsibilites as a prefect, but it was not 
his responsibility to rein Sirius in as an adult.

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