What's in it for Snape? Finding motive...

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No: HPFGUIDX 97437

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> > 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan:
> Kneasy, as I pointed out in #97408, *I'm* not the one to have first 
> used the term "sadistic"; it was JKR who did so:  " Snape is a very 
> sadistic teacher."
> 
> I attempted to make a number of points in that post concerning Snape 
> with Harry & Neville, if you'd care to take a look.  And I wasn't 
> arguing about damaged personalities nor saying that Harry is 
> faultless, btw.  In fact, I wholeheartedly support Snape in his high 
> standards & expectations.  
> 

I did look. It read as if you're reluctant to contradict JKR's view.
 "I'm not really sure how we can get round JKR's use of the word 'sadistic'
and 'this particular teacher does abuse his power'..." or words very similar.
Fair enough. I'm not. I can't equate Snape's moderately petty bullying
with sadism, no  matter what JKR says. It leaves one short of vocabulary 
for what Bella does to Neville in the Ministry. The two are not comparable.
Maybe JKR was speaking with the knowledge of things to come, but so
far I can't see any real justification for the use of the word.

I wasn't aware that I had attributed any argument of yours to the
subject of damaged personalities. It was a separate thought deliberately
placed in a separate paragraph; perhaps you didn't notice. 

Kneasy