OoP: More Prophecy Stuff (Spoilers!)

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 62850

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:
> 
>  Cindy: 
>  
>   This was  obvious at the end of ootp, when he encounters Snape in 
>  the Great Hall. He'll never forgive him for what exactly? For 
> saving his life?
> 
> 
> Darrin:
>  
> Show me where Snape has saved Harry's life once. The closest he 
came 
> was in PS/SS, and it was Hermione who ultimately stopped Quirrell. 
> Snape did hold Quirrell off, but Hermione made the save. 
> >snip<
> Harry arguably saved Snape from the dementors by conjuring Prongs.
> Snape thought Occlumency was so important that he stopped teaching 
> Harry -- and if Lupin and Dumbledore actually did confront Snape, 
> STILL refused to teach Harry. Dumbledore says, pg. 833, that Snape 
> couldn't teach Harry because he hated James too much.
> So... the fate of the kid who can destroy the Dark Lord is at 
stake, 
> not to mention the location of the Order AND Snape's own safety, 
but 
>  hey, James made Snape do cartwheels and show his undies, so screw 
> all that.
> Yes, indeed, Harry should get on bended knee.
> 
> 
> Now me (Kirstini):
> I assumed that Harry would "never forgive" Snape for his goading of 
> Sirius, which was a very big factor in his leaving the house that 
> day. If Harry has a hero-complex, then it's magified to the power 
of 
> ten in Sirius, as Dumbledore (sort of) says. However, I think it's 
> something he's going to have to overcome - Sirius dies almost 
> arbitarily, really - in order to take NEWT Potions next year. Or 
> maybe Snape will end up teaching DADA, finally? Ooh, conflict. 
> 
> Kirstini
> Hey, Darrin, howsabout "The Tonks" for a band name?

Personally, I thought it was a combination of Snape's goading of 
Sirius, his inability to forgive MWPP and the resulting end in 
Occlumency lessons, and the fact that Snape (through no fault of his 
own) destroyed Harry's opinion of MPP being his idols in everything.

Alon, who will be trying out for playing Bass for "The Tonks" ;)