[HPforGrownups] Moody/Snape

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56726

Rane wrote:
Just sth that struck me as a little uncharacteristical... Somewhere
in GoF (beginning of school year), it is said that Snape avoids
looking Moody in the eye (or sth like that).
Now, obviously, Moody would know about Snape's DE past (we know he
does as he says so in one of the scenes in the pensieve). Now, it
would seem logical that Snape wasn't looking at Moody because he felt
embarassed. But that just seems so unlike Snape. But, rereading, I do find
him *very* self-confident, and perfectly
capable of holding his own - and I just can't imagine him being
embarassed - about anything, including his DE past. Especially toward
Moody, whom he seems to acutely dislike. I would think he would look
at Moody with the same amount of disdain Moody seems to bestow upon
him.




If it was pretty much anyone else and pretty much any other situation, I
would agree with you.  But let's keep in mind Snape knows that his DE past
is not something to be proud of, and Moody was a man that had the power to
send him to Azkaban (or worse) pretty much on his own say-so.  In that same
scene, Moody makes that comment about spots that never come off, and Snape
clutches his arm, then appears angry with himself.  As others have
speculated, I would say he still does feel some guilt, but I also get the
impression he's trying to look at that part of his past as just something he
did and that is *is* the past.  Normally, that might even be how he can look
at it, but now the Dark Mark is coming back.  He is afraid but trying not to
show it or let it affect him.  Moody's comment probably was the equivalent
of throwing salt into an open wound at this point.

Ok, so I just woke up this morning, so I hope some of this actually made
sense.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova