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

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snipping but not snippy 
> > Joe wrote:
> > >I get the sense that, on some level Lupin has forgiven Snape.

Potioncat:
 I snipped my initial reply which I wrote too quickly.  Yes, I 
agree.  This is one of Lupin's virtues, that he can forgive.

Joe wrote: 
 Snape hates Lupin (I'm not exactly sure why, since canon is silent 
> on whatever--besides being the M in MWPP--Lupin may have done to 
> Snape back at school) but I am quite confident that, in contrast 
to 
> Sirius, Lupin does not reciprocate.

Potioncat:
I agree.  It's as if Lupin expects people to dislike him anyway, so 
Snape's dislike is nothing new. But he isn't going to respond in 
kind.
> 
 Joe wrote:
> This just made me think back to CoS and DD telling 
Snape: "Innocent 
> until proven guilty, Severus." Might there be even more encoded 
(in 
> a way that Snape and only Snape might understand) in this phrase? 
> Might this have to do with how Snape evaded any legal consequence 
> for having been a DE?

Potioncat:
Yes, and at the time we had no idea.
>  
> 
Joe wrote: 
> 1- I think Snape has too much self-possession, except for those 
> moments of rage, to have an accidental "slip of the tongue." A 
very 
> poor habit to have if one is spying on LV and the DEs.
> 
> 2- If we accept that Snape distrusts Lupin (I agree wholeheartedly 
> he distrusts Black) then we must ask why. Because Lupin is a 
> werewolf and *only* because of that? If not, what other reason has 
> Lupin given Snape for that distrust?
> 

Potioncat:
Does anyone think the accidental slip of the tongue was an accident?

There is certainly bad blood between Snape and Lupin to begin with.  
Added to that is Snape's concern for school security and the threat 
that Lupin brings to it(in Snape's mind), and the poor judgement 
Lupin shows.  So that Snape's resentment/dislike/mistrust grows into 
something very dangerous. It is somewhat justified, at least from 
Snape's point of view.

I don't think either Snape or Lupin were smart to run off to the 
Shrieking Shack without backup. Both of them are good guys and both 
have their share of faults. 

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