Snape/Neville/Trevor

[finwitch <finwitch@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53030

Snapesangel:

>Neville is
> a constant reminder of his moral and professional failure and that
> must be exteremely intolerable for someone with so much pride and to
> whom power is so important. Rather than trying extra hard to be nice
> to Neviile due to guilt, Snape's temper causes him to be unable to
> respond in that way. "Toughening up" sensitive children is a method 
of
> aleviating his feelings that Snape can feel better about. 
> 
> At some level Snape might blame people like Neville for allowing 
him,
> through their weakness, to exercise his worst impulses as well.

Quite - Snape can't deal with a student like Neville. Potions is an 
art requiring logical mind and carefulness. Neville, however, has a 
mind that's unable to do that. Neville's totally unable to brew a 
potion - particularly when he's faced with his worst fear, Snape.
Snape may think he's simply not trying. Not only that. Neville's a 
pure Gryffindor, with a total lack of ANY Slytherin trait - any 
Ravenclaw - or even Hufflepuff... I think Neville's afraid of hard 
toil, but is courageous enough to do what it takes anyway.

-- Finwitch