[HPforGrownups] Re: PoA Snape as canon foreshadowing. movie SPOILERS

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 100202

*spoiler space here*







"""Yes, that is exactly what I meant. Snape shields the Trio from
transformed Remus. Since this is not in Canon, I hope that JKR
approved of that scene being there.

No, I still don't think that Snape is a good person (loyalty to
Dumbledore alone does not make him so, IMO. I surely want more), but
at least now I almost don't have to worry that Snape will turn out to
be ESE! at the end.


Alla"""

To me that scene never conflicted with book-canon Snape. He's bullied
students and behaved pettily and overall, I wouldn't call him a good
professor at all. However, there does seem to be a certain line he doesn't
cross, I mean none of the students have been poisoned or incurably damaged
in his classes so far, right? I think Snape takes DD's trust in him and his
position as a Hogwarts professor very seriously, and I'd say shielding
students from the danger of a werewolf falls under the responsibilites of a
Hogwarts professor. In the book, when he strode into the Shrieking Shack and
took the wands away from Remus and Sirius, he was screaming at Harry how
Harry should be in his knees, thanking him (Snape) for saving his (Harry's)
life. Sure, he was happy to finally get back at Padfoot, but I believe he
was also proud of having saved student lives and being able to add that to
the list of his professorial accolades.

Alina,
who sincerely hopes her rambling didn't become incoherent by the end.