Snape, trying very hard not to smile? Or is he just allergic to cats?

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> Carol wrote:
> I'm not sure that Snape and Filch friends, but they're certainly
> allies in the quest to find students out of bounds after hours, and
> they were both working to prevent anyone from trying to enter the
> corridor with the sorceror's (philosopher's) stone. (Did Filch know
> that Quirrell was after it? I can't remember.)
> 
> I've always wondered why Snape didn't go to Madam Pomfrey (rather 
than
> Filch) with his injured leg. Possibly he didn't want her to know 
that
> he had entered the chamber with the three-headed dog to head off
> Quirrell, but I can't see a good reason for this view since he's
> working for Dumbledore and Madam P. is on the same side. (Anyone?)
x
> 
> As for Snape's speech patterns around Filch, he would have no need 
to
> impress or intimidate the castle caretaker, so he could be more
> himself around Filch than around the students even if he and Filch
> aren't close friends. (I do like Pippin"s idea that he was showing
> consideration for Filch's feelings about Mrs. Norris because I'd 
like
> to believe he's a decent person beneath his sarcastic exterior, 
but I
> think he was probably just concealing his amusement from the 
students
> because he knew it was an inappropriate reaction.)
> 


Potioncat:
I came to the conclusion that Snape went to Filch for help rather 
than to Poppy because either he hadn't told DD he was watching 
Quirrell or 
that he wanted Quirrell to think he was working for himself.  "Where 
your loyalties lie" I think referred to "Dumbledore or me"  I don't 
think Snape knew LV was so close or he would have used that 
opportunity to try to destroy him.

I also thought Snape and Filch might be friends of sort. However in 
GoF during the egg/Moody incident when Harry is invisible and it 
seems to be just Snape and Filch  the tone Snape uses with Filch 
makes me think Filch is just an employee of Hogwarts in Snape's 
mind.  He was someone he could call upon back in the SS/PS days.  
Certainly, Snape and Filch have different loyalties in OoP.

As for Snape's smile during the examination of Mrs. Norris:  I can't 
work out whether Harry was wrong about the smile...was it some other 
expression?  Or whether, Snape like JKR doesn't like cats in the 
first place and was amused at the concern.

OK, now someone is going to ask me for the JKR quote that says she 
doesn't like cats.  I'll go look for it now.

Potioncat (99 butterbeers on the wall....)