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

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jmgarciaiii <jmgarciaiii at yahoo.com> wrote:
Willowsgreyghost wrote: 
> How about a fear for his own safety?... He was almost attacked and 
would have been killed by Lupin as a boy...that is going to cause 
him to have some prejudices based in fear about werewolves, one in 
particular.  He was probably uncomfortable being around Lupin, 
especially given how close he had to work with him.  And fear is not 
always logical, even though it wouldn't have been Lupin's fault when 
they were kids, Severus will still resent him for it.
> 
Joe wrote:
1- This is the first time I have seen the notion of Snape having any 
fear. It doesn't jibe with someone willing to *betray* LV.

2- If that had been teh case, why would he leak the information to 
STUDENTS?



 

As for #1...I have a unrational fear of heights...never fallen, but it's there all the same.  Now you won't catch me climbing on the roof of a house or bungy jumping because of the said fear, however I have no problem of flying....fear is not rational...it makes no sense that I fear one thing that deals with heights and not the other, but I do.  If you look at GoF, you see Snape's reactions to DD when he says 'you know what I must ask you to do'...he would be crazy not to be afraid of LV, but he'd be crazier to not fight against him, because Voldy will be no less forgiving...at least this way he has a chance if Voldy is defeated.  As for his fear of werewolves, and probably a unrational fear of Lupin, due to what occurred as a child...it may be unrational...he surely knows that Lupin had no part in that prank, nor would he intentionally hurt anyone, but as Lupin himself demonstrated that fateful night in PoA, a slip-up could cost someone their life...and Severus with a fear derived
 from the fact he was almost killed once, might decide now that he had to get word out about Lupin to ensure that Lupin goes...if not for the students...for his own safety.

 

As for #2, who better to tell?  The staff knows and they aren't going to go against DD.  DD knows and isn't talking.  The house-elves are talking, so who else is at Hogwarts to tell?  And besides, who better to pass the word to the people who would want to protect the children most than the children themselves.  A way to alleviate his unrational fears, by making a slip of the tongue...that way the brunt of his fear is gone and he didn't go against DD...it was an accident.

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