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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 97468

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SiriusBlack4Eternity 
<willowsgreyghost at y...> wrote:
> 
> As far as the WW is concerned, Voldy isn't back until the end of 
OOTP, but we know better.  DD and Snape aren't waiting until he is 
back to try and defeat him.  Retroactive is not a good thing to 
be...instead they are being proactive.  And while Malfoy doesn't know 
that Voldy is making his way back, you don't think that Draco will 
notice if Snape treats Harry as his new buddy?  Draco, by the feast, 
has already had a run in with Harry, so he's already going to be 
watching every move he makes to report to daddy dearest.  Snape needs 
to maintain his cover with his former DE pals in order to carry out 
his part in the Order when Voldy does return.  Besides, based upon 
what Snape has seen of Harry, he is more convinced than ever that he 
is like James...careless, reckless, breaking as many rules as 
possible, putting others lives in danger, showing off, etc...  And 
based on his experiences with James, it is no wonder that he has 
issues with Harry. 


Wait, wait a second. It is a first feast. Snape has not seen of 
ANYTHING of Harry yet.  Why would he have blown his cover if he 
just ...I don't know ... ignored Harry?




 
And before anyone says that he is an adult
>  and a teacher, it happens in the RW as well as the WW.  It makes 
Snape a more realistic character, because people that have dealings, 
whether good or bad, with someone and then have to deal with the 
children of that person are going to treat those children according 
to the dealings they had with the parent.  If they had bad dealings 
with the parent, they will assume the child is the same and treat 
them less friendly at the least and down right hostile at the 
worst...by the same token, if it is a child with whose parent they 
had good dealings with, then they treat the child more friendly, at 
least, and give them preferential treatment, at most.  Neither is 
fair to the child, nor is it fair to the other children, but it 
happens.  It's life and whether we like it or not, we are as 
guilty...we may not admit it...even to ourselves...as is Severus 
Snape.
> 
>  
> 
> SiriusBlack4Eternity



Well, as you probably guessed I am going to say that he is adult and 
a teacher. :o) He can have whatever feelings towards Harry he wants. 
IMO, he has no right to ACT upon these feelings.

It does happen in RL. It does make the character of Snape to be very 
realistic.  It does not make his treatment of Harry to be justifiable 
at all, IMO.


Now, if it is all an act, that is a totally different story. But as I 
argued many times on this list, I am hesitant to believe that after 
OoP.



Alla