Snape and Lupin's Character Arcs (was: Lupin's Char Arc)
dumbledore11214
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Thu Dec 9 03:34:02 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 119549
> Lupinlore:
In terms of treating Harry like a hero -- well, Harry *is* a hero,
and has proved it on several occasions. Being treated like one
is only appropriate.<
Pippin:
Snape has denigrated Harry's celebrity status only twice, IIRC.
Once during the first class when he was indeed only famous for
being famous, and once when Harry seemed to think that being
Harry Potter meant Sirius wouldn't dare attack him. It was not
appropriate, IMO, to treat Harry like a hero at those times.
Alla:
I realised that my interpretation of Snape's character is probably
quite close to Eloise' recent post (although I suspect that we make
quite different evaluations based on those interpretations :o))and
especially to those Alan Rickman's comments she reposted recently.
As related to this post, I believe that Snape is VERY insecure
person AND very jealous of Harry's celebrity status and the fact
that Harry has the power to defeat Voldemort (or at least Jo lead us
to believe it), while Snape would like to defeat Voldemort himself.
Therefore, I believe that the main reason for those comments was
jealousy.
IF this is indeed correct, I wish Harry would offer Snape to switch
places and see how he likes it. :o)
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