Parenting Harry (was: Re: I don't like him much)

[totorivers]

No: HPFGUIDX 120019


> Eloise:
> Although I hear Annemehr's objections to this (not quoted), it 
> struck a chord in my mind.
> 
> huge snip.
> 
> Snape, in his own, unsympathetic way, has been trying to do 
> right by Harry for some time. 
 
> Alla:
> Honestly, I would probably heard you before OOP. Not after 
> Occlumency failure, sorry!


Toto: 
I totally agree with Alla here. When has Snape cared if Harry lived in 
a satisfying way? In ps, I could see Snape trying to save Harry as a 
point, just saying *I am better than you* to James, or maybe just 
because you do not stand back when someone is in danger. Trying to 
save someone else do not mean you are good, nor does it mean you 
aren't bad. It just mean you are an active person. I think. In Cos, 
would sacking Harry would have been any good to him? In Poa, couldn't 
he have listened to Sirius? In my opinion, Snape is a very, very 
unstable man, with a very big ego. Not really an interesting person 
at all, but a dangerous one. For allies, that is.

Toto