PoA Snape as canon foreshadowing. movie SPOILERS

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No: HPFGUIDX 100206

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alina" <alina at d...> wrote:

Alla wrote previously:

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> """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.
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> 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 
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> be ESE! at the end.
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> Alla"""
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Alina wrote previouslY:


> 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.




Alla:

The reason why I loved that scene so much is because for quite some 
time I doubted that in the Shack Snape was concerned at all with 
saving Trio's life. You are right - saving children from werewolf 
falls under responsibilities of Hogwrts professor, but as I said I 
thought that the only reason Snape went into Shack was to execute his 
revenge on Sirius and Lupin.

Now at least I know that he had other considerations in mind too.

Alla