Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

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No: HPFGUIDX 94161

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" <belijako at o...> wrote:
> 
> What I *was* trying to convey, was that according to canon (and not 
> movie contamination), Rowling's Snape *is* capable of liking someone 
> and showing them due respect and recognition. That doesn't mean he 
> will ever be *nice* to his students and especially to Harry, but he 
> CAN behave *nicely* towards peers like McGonagall and Dumbledore.
> 

Well, that's a relief.
Respect is something that Snape would approve of, I think. He'd respect
DD, McGonagall and Voldy, though each for probably different reasons.
DD for his magical abilities and implacable opposition to evil tyranny;
Minerva - probably magical skills and unswerving loyalty; to Voldy a  
different sort of respect, that (verging on fear) that's given to those with
naked power allied to unbounded ambition. If you don't respect them, 
you'll underestimate them and they will destroy you. In effect you respect
what such a person can do, rather than what they are.

But it's still not *quite*  the same as liking, IMO. He's starting to show
some grudging respect for young Potter, but I doubt he'll ever like him.

Kneasy