Harry's revenge on Snape?

[clio44a]

No: HPFGUIDX 90460


I was thinking lately about the end of OotP and Harrys state of mind, 
and I wondered much of a loose cannon he might be now. In the MoM, 
after Bellatrix Lestrange has killed Sirius, Harry duels with her. 
 
OotP, Brit. ed. p715:
"Hate rose in Harry such as he had never known before; he flung 
himself out from behind the fountain and and bellowed, 'Crucio!'
Bellatrix screamed: the spell had knocked her off her feet, but she 
did not writhe and shriek in pain as Neville had- she was already 
back on her feet, breathless, no longer laughing. 
[...]
'Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy?' she yelled. 
She had abandoned her baby voice now. 'You need to mean them, Potter! 
You need to really want to cause pain - to enjoy it- rightous anger 
won't hurt me for long [...]'"


It is a bit reassuring here that Harry, although he wants to cast an 
Unforgivable, is unable to do so efficiently, because he doesn't feel 
enough hate in him. He doesn't enjoy the pain of it victim enough.

Now, I was wondering what would happen if the target of Harrys spell 
was a different person, one he really hates. Snape.

In Dumbledore's office, Harry blames Snape for Sirius death. And 
here, for the first time, we see Harry connecting joy and hate.

OotP, Brit. ed. p734:
"Harry disregarded this; he felt a savage pleasure in blaming Snape, 
it seemed to be easing his own sense of dreadful guilt, and he wanted 
to hear Dumbledore agree with him."


Some scenes later, Harrys newfound hatred of Snape is reinforced. It 
is not the 'rightous anger' Bellatrix says Harry uses in his meek 
Crucio.

p750
"Snape had emerged from the staircase leading to his office and at 
the sight of him Harry felt a great rush of hatred beyond anything he 
felt towards Malfoy ... whatever Dumbledore said, he would never 
forgive Snape ... never ..."



I wonder what would happen if Harry met Snape alone, if Snape 
provoked him, maybe. Would he really try to harm him physically? In 
book 4 this seems to be foreshadowed. Harry more than once fantasizes 
of hurting Snape. 

GoF, just after the 'I see no difference' incident:
"Harry's ears were ringing.  The injustice of it made him want to 
curse Snape into a thousand slimy pieces. 
[...]
Harry sat there staring at Snape as the lesson began, picturing 
horrific things happening to him. . . . If only he knew how to do the 
Cruciatus Curse. . . he'd have Snape flat on his back like that 
spider, jerking and twitching.
[...]
Harry imagined picking up his cauldron, and sprinting to the front of 
the class, and bringing it down on Snape's greasy head - And then a 
knock on the dungeon door burst in on Harry's thoughts."

And later in GoF, after Snape reads Rita Skeeter's article aloud:
"Determined not to look at Snape, Harry resumed the mashing of his 
scarab beetles, imagining each one to have Snape's face."


Well, I think this is a bit startling. Would Harry really, now that 
he knows the Crucio curse and has in his mind a good reason to hate 
Snape, go so far as to hurt him? And enjoy it? I don't want to go 
into 'who's to blame for Sirius death' debates. It is enough, that 
Harry thinks Snape got Sirius killed. In those examples from GoF 
Snape has only insulted Harry with words and it triggers such violent 
fantasies in him. What will happen now, that Harry thinks Snape is 
responsible for Sirius death? There is no denying that he is a bit 
unhinged. Would Harry expose Snape as a spy or challenge him to a 
duel maybe? Any thoughts?

Clio, 
who thinks AngryTeenager!Harry and curses might prove to be a 
explosive combination