Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes (or Snape-aholics and Siriophiles)

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 105623

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> Lee:
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> and I am still trying to catch up with the details.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> and as we have manchined those whonds where when he was young and 
those things mattered then but not now
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I'm sorry, but the whole Snape/Dumbledore as bad cop/good cop 
scenario just strikes me as plain silly.  Although I can see that he 
tolerates Snape's behavior because he needs him and because students 
might as well learn how to deal with nasty people, the idea that he 
and Snape deliberately manipulate the situation to train Harry is 
ludicrous.

In addition to the whole "I thought he could overcome his feelings" 
quote, this runs flat up against Dumbledore's statement:

"I defy anyone who has watched you as I have, and I have watched you 
more closely than you can have imagined, not to want to save you more 
pain than you had already suffered."

Sorry, this does not fit with a person who deliberately teams up with 
a nasty potions master to inflict pain on Harry for the purpose of 
teaching him that life isn't fair - as if Harry needed to be taught 
that, in any case.

I think lots of people are attaching FAR too much importance to 
Dumbledore's statement to McGonagall in PS/SS about fame turning 
Harry's head.  The man was coming up with an excuse to over ride her 
objections about leaving Harry in the Muggle world because, for 
whatever reason (why is an interesting question) he did not want to 
tell her about the blood protections.  

Another way of looking at it is he was either not forthcoming with 
McGonagall in PS/SS or not being very honest with Harry in OOTP.  Or 
perhaps his outlook changed from PS to OOTP.  Either way, if we have 
to choose between a brief remark 15 years ago or a highly emotional 
confession this year, I would go with the latter.  And if we do that, 
once again it isn't very compatible with some bizarre good cop/bad 
cop scenario.

Dzeytoun