Harry and Snape

[n_longbottom01]

No: HPFGUIDX 60729

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flyingbluecat" 
<millercatherine at q...> wrote:
> Snape is clearly one of the most fascinating of the characters 
> because he's so enigmatic.  Here are some thoughts on him that ran 
> through my head this morning.
> 
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "michaelkgidlow" 
> <Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> > Everyone knows Snape despises Harry and Harry abhors Snape. But 
> what 
> > is the cause of Snape's intense hatered? I've heard that perhasps 
> > James stole Lily from Snape. This is plasuable, but could it be 
> more 
> > than that? 
> 
> While I think it's somewhat plausible, it seems to me that it's 
> something more complex than that.  My guess is that Rowling will 
not 
> reveal the cause of the hatred until book 6 or 7.  What's curious 
to 
> me is why Snape was the one casting the countercurse during the 
> Quidditch match in Book 1?  With all those witches and wizards 
there, 
> they all must have been aware that Harry's broom was jinxed.  Why 
> didn't DD or McGonagall cast the countercurse?  Does this mean that 
> there's some sort of schedule in place for protecting Harry?

I think Snape is the one casting the countercurse during the 
Quidditch match in Book 1 because it is a part of his character to 
always be on the lookout for people who are up to no good.

Back when he attended Hogwarts, Snape was the one who was suspicious 
that the Marauders were getting away with breaking the rules.  In 
Book 1, Snape was the one who thought Quirrell might be after the 
Sorcerer's Stone.  There are a number of other examples like this 
throughout the series.

I think part of the reason Snape may be so good at spotting 
suspicious activity is that he has been a bit naughty himself in the 
past as a former Death Eater.  He has the ability to think like 
the "bad guy", and so when he sees someone doing something that he 
himself might have done if he were trying to steal the Sourcerer's 
Stone (for example) he starts keeping a closer eye on them.  Come to 
think of it, he probably would make a decent Defense Against the Dark 
Arts instructor (I wouldn't want to take a course from him, though).

So, to me, it makes perfect sense that Snape would be the one to save 
Harry when someone is trying to curse his broom in front of a stadium 
full of people--He was probably thinking to himself, "That Potter 
brat, if I weren't such a nice guy I would curse his broom right now 
and make him fall to his death... Oh no! Somebody's actually trying 
to do it!  Lucky I know this countercurse... Ah! I'm on fire!"  :)

I'm not a Snape fan... One of the things that has surprised me the 
most when I started looking at what HP fans were saying on the 
internet was how big of a following Snape has.  To each his own, I 
guess... but here's my first post, and it's about Snape.  Go figure.

"n longbottom"