Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 105760

> Alla:
> 
> OK, then let's go back to my original question. What cover Snape 
has 
> to maintain by being nasty to Harry?
> 
> snip

> 
> Brigitte:
> 
> IMO, Snape's actions towards Harry have nothing to do with loyalty 
to DD or LV or to maintaining a cover.  In the first four books LV 
has not come back into a position to have power. 
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Potioncat:
You know, I'm really changing my mind on some of this.  I no longer 
think DD and Snape are doing this on purpose and I'm not so sure 
Snape is doing it merely as a front.

But from the beginning it's seemed to me that Snape is angry at 
Harry. Most of the teachers are expecting him to be wonderful, and 
see wonderful things.  Snape is expecting him to be terrible and 
sees terrible things...but Snape also seems to expect great things 
of him.    

We've been told from two sources that Snape is tough on all the 
students (Hagrid says he doesn't like any of the students, and Harry 
has heard from someone that Snape plays favorites)  So if Snape has 
baggage/hopes/concerns about Harry he is going to be even tougher on 
him.  (And Neville too....I'm not sure how Hermione fits in)

Here is one explanation, as a thought.  If Snape spied for DD 
without LV knowing anything about the relationship, and if Snape 
went to Hogwarts after LV's fall, then LV must have been very 
surprised to find Snape at Hogwarts.  

DD, Hagrid, and Snape all believe LV is still alive and expect him 
to return (DD says maybe next year... in 50 years...) I'm sure DD 
and Snape expect it to be soon.  And I wonder if Snape was getting a 
sense of LV in Harry's first year?  When LV shows up, Snape cannot 
appear to be too loyal to DD.  Keep in mind that other "free" DEs 
are working at the MoM...so being at Hogwarts isn't too much of a 
stretch. But his behavior should still be conistent with who he was 
before. If he wants to maintain contact with the DEs who have kids 
at Hogwarts, he cannot appear to like Harry. (Like that would ever 
be a problem?)  And, if Harry is ever in LV's clutches, Harry can't 
seem to trust/like Snape.

In re-reading the scene in GoF with the Muggle baiting, there was a 
group of hooded wizards controling the Muggles, but there was a 
large group of folk cheering them on.  I think the anti-Muggle 
portion of the WW must be fairly large. And I think Snape needs to 
at least appear to be in that camp if he is to have any credibility 
with the DEs.  Particularly if he needs to be on Lucius' good side 
to get information.

I think he was worse in Gof than he ever had been, and that is when 
he knew LV was around.  In OoP he does things that looks good to 
Draco and that may have been for Lucius' benefit.

Potioncat who apologises for the rambling post in which she argued 
with herself  and does not know if she is a Snape apologist, a Snape 
aholic or a Snapeophile.