[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

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No: HPFGUIDX 94748

In a message dated 3/31/04 8:36:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
willsonkmom at msn.com writes:

> 
> Jen wrote:
I can't believe Snape 'spilling the beans' about Lupin was 
> *more* about the student's best interest and *less* about Snape's 
> best interest. I'm quantifying here because I do believe Snape 
> recognizes the potential danger of having a werewolf around more 
> than anyone else at Hogwarts. 
> 
> snip< 
> On the heels of what happened the night before with 
> Serverus' "severe disappointment", I'm very doubtful that Snape's 
> motive was *primarily* the students safety.

Potioncat:
Interesting, isn't it, that from time to time we see Snape go against 
DD, yet there never seems to be any consequence.  Of course, we don't 
get to sit in at the annual review.

I'd like to know from JKR what was behind Snape's slip of the tongue 
about Lupin and behind the end of occlumency lessons. But I really do 
think he was sincere in his distrust of Lupin and Black, and that it 
wasn't just spite.

Potioncat

Look, Snape does have legitimate reasons for hating Sirius, but we still 
don't know the whole back story of Snape and MWPP. But Snape is an adult and 
shouldn't take his anger of someone's father out on the son. As for Lupin, he 
wasn't in on the Prank, and I think of he had been told about what Sirius had done, 
he would have absolutely vetoed it, but he wasn't consulted about it, and we 
learn also that James was told about it and got Snape out of there. Snape is 
still in the past, and he is reacting and responding in a spiteful manner. 


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