Snape and Lupin's Character Arcs (was: Lupin's Char Arc)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 119287


> > Pippin:
> >
> > Would Harry do better with a teacher that didn't point out his 
 failings in such a painful manner? In a subject where he wasn't 
motivated? His experiences in Divination and History of Magic  
don't suggest it. Harry doesn't see any reason to break a sweat  
in the subjects he doesn't care about, and he didn't care about 
potions.

Nora: 
> That's a bit of the Law of the Excluded Middle there, Pippin.  
You make it sound as if it's a choice between Snape ('motivation' 
through  continually poking, unfair treatment in class, and snide 
commentary)  or Trelawney or Binns (fakery and indifference). 

 Harry seems to do  pretty well in Transfiguration with 
McGonagall, who is good at  pointing out failings but not in an 
extremely personal or snide  manner.  What about Flitwick and 
Sprout, where Harry also seems to do  decently?<

Pippin:
What about them? He's motivated in those subjects...he enjoys 
foolish wand-waving, even when he doesn't get it right, and he 
seems to  be competent at herbology too if Aunt Petunia's 
garden is any guide. 

We'd have to see how Harry did with a competent but 
undemanding teacher in a subject he didn't  like or see the point 
of and I can't think of one.  Or come to think of it, Snape in a
class where Harry is competent. Like DADA ::flips pages of PoA:: 
yep, I'm right. No humiliations for Harry there, aside from being 
docked five points for showing up ten minutes late and another 
for not taking his seat when asked. Any teacher would do that. 

Pippin