[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's Reaction to Harry assuming that he is a DE spy

[aphrodeia]

No: HPFGUIDX 108593

Alla:
> > Now, it is quite possible that by making Snape mentioning those 
> > potions to Harry, she foreshadowed their usefullness int he final 
> > battle, but it still does not make Snape's actions look better, 
> > because how would he know that?

Casey:
> Or maybe Snape was just seeing if Harry had bothered trying to 
> learn anything as a child. Others, like Hermione have, but Harry 
> hadn't bothered. Again, that's going with the assumption that Snape 
> has no idea where Harry was growing up.

Lisa:
This part, frankly, didn't surprise me. I wasn't taken aback by the
way Snape responded to Harry when Harry appeared to be screwing around
on his first day of class. I took it as less of a "You little insolent
brat, I wish you were dead and I plan to see you to that grave" sort
of thing and more as a "You little insolent brat, you've only just
arrived and already you're not paying attention - you think you
already know everything, we'll /see/ just how much you know" sort of
thing. I've heard teachers turn to giggly, distracted, or otherwise
irritating students and say "Oh, you already know this? Would you like
to step up and teach? No? Then pay attention."

Of all Snape's numerous transgressions, I really don't think of this
as one of them.

Lisa, who knows that Snape is, quite clearly, not /nice/, but believes
he is /good/... and therein lies the importance