OOP: Snape, Neville, Draco

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 63235

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rane_ab" <rane_ab at h...> wrote:
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> At the end of the book, where Harry is threatening to attack Draco, 
> and defiantly tells Snape that he's trying to decide which curse he 
> should throw at Draco, Snape isn't quite as mean as he could have 
> been. Harry's question is defiant (something I would expect Snape >
> to be furious about, especially as at this point, Harry must remind 
> him more of James than ever before) and he's planning on attacking 
> a student - a student, which some people suggest, Snape identifies 
> himself with. And all he does is take *ten* points. Ten. I'd have 
> first thought that Snape would start shouting at Harry, and then 
> would certainly take away more than twenty points at least for such 
> an offence. But he doesn't. His further comments on the lack of 
> points from Gryffindor - well, that's just his usual behaviour, 
> isn't it? Even when Harry *isn't* doing anything wrong, he acts 
> like that. So really, I thought he was being pretty soft there. 
> Especially with Draco and his cronies standing around.(I've already 
> said that in another message, and I apologise for repeating myself, 
> but it just seemed to fit in this post.)
> So now I'm really wondering exactly how much he does identify with 
> Draco, and what he feels for him.
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> Cheerful greetings,
> Rane,
> who notices the number of members is soaring...

Me:
Doing it with the junior DE's there baffles me, but I read Snapes 
pause and subsequent leniency as startlement that Harry fessed up. 
Usually the Trio trys to justify themselves when they are caught rule 
breaking (Malfoy started it, He was provoked, etc.) This time Harry 
cooly and bluntly admits to what he's doing - no excuses.

~Calimora (Who wonders if the Junior Death Eaters have a club too.)