What if other teachers behaved like Snape?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 101144

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> 
> Maybe when people whine about how bad the Slyths have it, 
they should  remember how the other teachers manage to 
behave in ways Snape is  incapable of.
> 


If the other teachers behaved like Snape they would have 
grasped immediately  that Harry's life was in danger at Hogwarts 
even when Dumbledore was there and Voldemort was 
vanquished.  They would dhave been able to face that fact 
without panicking or going into denial and they would have taken  
action at the risk of their own lives, regardless of whether 
Dumbledore was going to back them up or not.

Shall we count the times that Snape has rushed to Harry's aid or 
acted on his behalf?

1) The troll (PS/SS)
2) The broomstick (PS/SS)
3) Referree-ing the second Quidditch match (PS/SS)
4) Confronting Quirrell (PS/SS)
5) Guarding Harry  when no one else thought the boy was in any 
danger (PS/SS)
6) Searching for Harry on the grounds (CoS)
7) Keeping him away from the one-eyed witch (PoA)
8) Entering the willow after he found Harry's cloak and knew he 
might be inside with a suspected Death Eater (PoA)
9) Taking care of unconscious Harry (PoA)
10) Confronting Mad-eye, whom he fears, on the stairs  to 
ensure Harry's safety (GoF)
11) Revealing his dark mark to Fudge (GoF)
12) Believing Harry when he reported Sirius was in danger 
(OOP)
13) Searching a forest full of hostile centaurs when Harry was 
missing (OOP)




I am sure there are some I've missed. But Harry for the most part 
doesn't realize that Snape, far more than Sirius, has always 
been there to protect him. He only thinks that Snape is ruining 
his fun and trying to get him punished, never thinking that  Snape 
might  be using the threat of punishment to get Harry to behave 
with a little more concern for his own safety.

 It takes Lupin to make Harry see that he's being careless with 
his parents' sacrifice by needlessly risking his life. Too bad 
Lupin didn't think about that when he decided to withhold 
information that could have stopped someone he thought was a 
Death Eater from entering the castle.

But I suppose none of that counts against Snape's failure to put 
his emotions aside long enough to teach Harry Occlumency. But 
let's remember the reason Dumbledore didn't teach Harry 
Occlumency when he should have, long before Voldemort had 
returned.  It seems he couldn't put his feelings about  Harry 
aside and do what was best for the Order. Shame, really. He's a 
grownup; he really ought to have some self-control by now. ;-)

Pippin