[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes (or Snape-aholics and Siriophiles)

[Lee Moyo]

No: HPFGUIDX 105611

SSSusan:
I'm curious how you would take DD's remark to Harry, then, near the 
end of OoP:
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"Snape stopped giving me Occlumency lessons!" Harry snarled.  "He 
threw me out of his office!"

"I am aware of it," said DD heavily.  "I have already said that it 
was a mistake for me not to teach you myself...."

"Snape made it worse, my scar always hurt worse after lessons with 
him--... How do you know he wasn't trying to soften me up for 
Voldemort...."

"I trust Severus Snape," said DD simply.  "But I forgot--another old 
man's mistake--that some wounds run too deep for the healing.  I 
thought Professor Snape could overcome his feelings about your 
father--I was wrong."  [US, 833]
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Is this speech of DD's part of the act, then?  Or is there 
*something* going on w/ Snape besides a minor dislike of Harry and 
an act to maintain for preventing spoiled!Harry?  DD said Snape 
was "too old & clever" to have allowed Sirius' "feeble taunts" to 
hurt him.  How can he turn around a minute later in the conversation 
and say what he did about Snape's relationship with James?

So IS Snape's hatred [or whatever word is appropriate] of James a 
part of Snape's treatment of Harry or not?

Siriusly Snapey Susan


Lee:

and I am still trying to catch up with the details.

Well the main reason besides not spoiling Harry, is that he is safe at the Dursleys and as  long as he returns there he is protected by his mother's charm. Which is why LV can not get to him there. The fact that is not going to be spoiled as well is an advantage I think.

 

As for him saying Sirius does not hurt Snape's feelings but that Snape was still hurting from James, well I think  that is most likely because James was his worst enermy and they enermity began long ago not to manchine that he saved his life which makes it worse. Where as with Sirius the problem is he knows that he does not like him and they would not mind dueling to the death and there is nothing that he has to be greatfull for from Sirius hance easy for him to disregard any thing he says.

and as we have manchined those whonds where when he was young and those things mattered then but not now


		
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