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

dumbledore11214 dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 6 22:05:26 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 119400


> Pippin:
> Oops! Sorry for the misattribution. I can make the same concern 
> for safety argument for Snape. Harry is going to be attacked by 
> adult dark wizards. They have no intention of waiting till he grows 
> up. They are not going to fight fair. They are going to use every 
> means in their power to defeat him, including unfair 
> punishments and insulting his family. 

Alla:

That's OK. I cannot make the safety argument for Snape, sorry. In 
McGonagall case we saw many times that she is geniunely concerned 
about the boy wellfare. In other words, we saw her expressing 
positive feelings towards Harry. I am still yet to see Snape doing 
that.

And Snape as "mock enemy" for Harry? As I stated many times, I don't 
believe in it after OOP. Snape happily disregarded Dumbledore's 
orders about Occlumency. Yes, yes, Harry was wrong, but if Snape was 
concerned about his wellfare, I think he would have found a way to 
bring him back to his office, no matter how hard the task was. JMO, 
of course.


> Pippin:
I can't say I agree with that saying, not when the dead person is a 
historical figure, anyway. That kind of thinking leads to the lie of  
the golden fountain -- all the wizards of the past were wonderful 
people, so the civilization we inherited from them must be 
wonderful too. Bleh! 


Alla:


James is not a historical figure for Harry, he is just his dad and I 
believe that he has a right to have good thoughts about him untill he 
finds about his faults on his own without someone who is so bitter 
that cannot forgive dead man and therefore feels the need to deprive 
his son of positive image of his father.







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