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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 94182

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Silverthorne" 
<silverthorne.dragon at v...> wrote:
some defend all or none
> > {Silverthorne}
> There's one problem with that, Alla. Harry would not have 
cooperated. 

We don't know that. he was not happy the first time around, but I 
think he would have complied with the orders his professor or 
headmaster would have given him.

> {Silverthorne}
> Now, divorce yourself from it being *Snape's* memories that Harry 
mucked
> around in. What if they had been yours? Think about it. I know he's 
a
> fictional character, but seriously put yourself in Snape's shoes in 
this
> scenario for a moment before you decide Snape's reaction was 
totally wrong
> (and let's agree to lave out the 'but he could have fixed it later 
arguement
> as well. Let's stay in the moment for now).


Anne, I said that he was entitled to his rage didn't I? Of course I 
would have been angry, had I been in his shoes. But after the moment 
passed, I would take deep breath, reminded myself what is at stake 
here and ordered Harry to come back. But that is what any responsible 
adult teacher should have done, IMO

> 
> Harry is a young man who *should* know better than to go and do the
> equivilent of read your diary. Even worse, he's found
> some of the worst moments in your life and is riffling through them
> thoughtlessly (Harry is more interested in following his father 
around then
> in realizing that he's messing with something personal and not 
meant for him
> to see). 

Definitely, he should and he should not have done what he did. But 
even went into Pensieve, he did not go searching for dirt on Snape, 
he went hoping to see what is in Department of Mysteries, which if 
Dumbledore told him before would not have happened in the first place.


It should be what we do for
> {Silverthorne}
> No, we don't. But that won't keep me from having faith that Snape 
will
> redeem himself, that he deserves at least a little credit for 
leaving the
> DE, and that there's more to him than 'One Nasty Person'. He is a 
human
> being...he has feelings, and he makes mistakes--ones that are more 
glaring
> because he certianly doesn't have a handle on the 'proper' way to 
deal with
> certain issues. But I do maintain that he is a good guy, is as 
capable of
> love as much as he is capable of hate, and that his emotional drive 
is more
> 'positive' than it seems. I also believe he hides it for two 
reasons--1) He
> is a spy and MUST maintain his disagreeable nature for appearence's 
sake and
> 2) He hides the postive in order to keep himself protected, since 
in his
> youth, that was the part most suppressed and trampled upon both by 
his
> situation and by other people around him. I can respect that, 
having been
> severly 'trampled upon' as a youngster myself. Others may not, and 
I respect
> that too...but then, that's why I keep pointing it out--someone has 
to be
> the voice for what most folks can't see and don't understand. 
That's what
> makes it a discussion board.


Anne, as I said I will be very happy if your beliefs will come true.
For now, I have my doubts.
 
Alla