Snape's worst memory

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 81197

Shaun: <snip>
> In an objective sense, things much worse have happened to me - but 
> that doesn't make them my worst memory.
> 
> What makes a memory bad is complex - and I can easily believe being 
> humiliated in front of your peers as a teen is the worst memory 
> that Snape has. No matter what evil he has done, I can believe it.

This is brilliant, Shaun. In the debate about whether or not Snape's 
worst memory could or would be one of himself hanging in midair 
upside down and helpless before his nemeses with his shabby or grubby 
underwear showing in public, I don't think anyone else has addressed 
this. If our self-esteem is deeply damaged by a humiliating incident, 
regardless of any "logical" analysis of that incident, our subjective 
experience of it could very well make it historically that "worst" 
memory. (Especially if we happen to be someone who has a habit of not 
dealing with old baggage.) The one person none of us can ever escape 
is the *I* inside. (Always assuming one is not a conjoined twin, of 
course. <Sorry>.) And I think you were very brave to share that.

Sandy, whose pirate name is Mad Prudentilla Flint and is somewhat 
alarmed to have yet *another* aspect and also finds it hilarious 
being "Mad Prude" (according to some website which crunches answers 
to a questionnaire then spits out a pirate name--it's probably 
because I said honestly that my favorite color is orange, which makes 
my mouth water...shut up now...ok)