Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 94782

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Vickey <willowsgreyghost at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> jmgarciaiii <jmgarciaiii at y...> 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.

Yes, but...that doesn't square with the personality of Severus 
Snape. Irrational dislike, yes. Irrational fear? I'm not so sure.
 
 
> 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.
> 

The "oops" theory doesn't convince me yet. This is because it 
presupposes a capacity for Snape to make this sort of mistake, and I 
haven't yet seen Snape do anything accidentally.

-Joe in SoFla