Let's hear it for good old Snapey!

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 87901

tailisman wrote:
You might also notice that, in PoA, where M.O.M Law Enforcement 
could have been a problem, i.e. if Snape pressed charges for being 
injured by HRH's spells, he instead absolves them. He tells 
Fudge, "They weren't responsible for their actions." (PoA 386)
But when it comes to severe academic punishment for interference, 
where only Dumbledore has the power (so there is no danger of that 
power being exercised), he argues they should "be suspended--at the 
very least." (387)
Also:
Just as stuttering Quirrell presented a facade that was 180 degrees 
in opposition to the ruthless Lord Voldemort, the side of Snape we 
have not yet fully glimpsed will belie the petty cruelties so many 
readers hold against him. 


vmonte responds:
First of all Snape is one of my favorite character's in the book. 
I have nothing against him, in fact, I wouldn't mind if he was the 
true villian, rather than Voldemort. I would love it if he was toying 
with both the DE and the OOTP--negatively influencing them to self 
destruct.      

I do think you are right that Snape covered for the children in POA, 
but maybe it was because he did not want to go over Dumdledore's head 
(DD being his boss and all). I'm sure that in private, he probably 
did tell Dumbledore that the children were not under a spell. 

Snape really loses emotional control at the end of POA. I feel that 
we truly get a glimpse of Snape for the first time here.

I also wonder why Lupin saw Peter in the Map, but not Snape--or did 
he? When did Snape go back (as a double agent) to work for Voldemort 
anyway?  Is it possible that the prohecy thought to be about Peter's 
return to the Dark Lord is really about Snape?  Snape really seems to 
have had it with DD and everyone at the end of POA.  
I find it laughable that Peter could ever help anyone rise back to 
power.  Snape on the other hand...