What does Snape owe Harry?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 97082


> Potioncat quotes GoF, chapter 18, pp 300-301 (American Edition??):
> > This is just after the incident with Hermione's teeth.
> > "Antidotes!" said Snape, looking around at them all, his cold 
black 
> > eyes glittering unpleasantly. "You should all have prepared your 
> > recipes now. I want you to brew them carefully, and then, we will 
be
> selecting someone on whom to test one..."  Snape's eyes met Harry's 
> > and Harry knew what was coming.  Snape was going to poison *him.*
> > snip 
> Carol:
snip<
 I think you're right that it was a pressure tactic (and Snape, IIRC, 
was
> also particularly angry with Harry because he suspected him of 
having
> robbed his office to steal boomslang skin), but I think it's 
extremely
> unlikely that Snape would really poison any student, particularly
> Harry, whose importance he recognizes and whom he has actively tried
> to save more than once. If he tested a student's potion, IMO it 
would
> be one he knew was not deadly. It might not even have been a 
poisonous
> potion--he may have only been saying that to be sure the students 
got
> it right.
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Potioncat:
I snipped sections of both our comments. You're right, and we agree.  
The kids are making antidotes.  Snape could give someone a Babbling 
Potion and test the antidote on that.(OK, or something totally 
unpleasant but not deadly) IMO, given their relationship now, Harry 
would be just as offended if he'd been made to drink something silly 
or non-lethal.  Had someone like Lupin done it, he would have been 
amused. But then, that's the way Snape has set it up.  

Along that line, part of my training included going into a chamber 
with a gas mask on, then taking it off after tear gas had been 
released, then after a period of time, being allowed to go outside.  
This was unpleasant, but we learned we could trust our gas mask.
Potioncat