[HPforGrownups] Re: What's in it for Snape? Finding motive...

[SiriusBlack4Eternity]

No: HPFGUIDX 97471



Alla:
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?



SB4E:

Go back and re-read the passage...I think that a lot of people are mixing up movie contamination with the books.  As I am currently re-reading SS/PS, I was reading the section...Snape does nothing more than to look past Quirrel at Harry.  It says directly into Harry's eyes...now all we have to go on was that Harry has "feelings" from the look that he doesn't like him.  The book gives us no evidence that Snape did anything at all in that scene that was inappropriate.





Alla:

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.



SB4E:

Whether anyone has a right to act on feelings they have toward a child in a situation like this is a mute point...they do.  It doesn't matter that it's not fair to judge the child based on the actions of a parent, it happens.  Everyone...some will deny it...but, everyone will do it if in the position to interact with the child of someone that they knew.  Sometimes we do it knowingly, but many times we may not even realize that we are doing it.  Is it right?  No.  Is it justifiable?  No, because if it is not right, it can't be justifiable.  But it happens, irregardless...somethings are hard to get over and in Snape's case, being bullied at school by perfect Potter after being abused at home was it... and whether we (or Snape) realizes that we are doing it, I can guarantee that the child notices...thus we get Harry's point of view and as a teacher, I can guarantee that the actions from the child's POV will be magnified about 1o times or more...making any indiscretions a lot worse than
 they really were.  I'm not saying that Snape is justified, but he has his feelings to try and battle and on top of that, he has Harry's blatant disregard for rules, etc to try to work through as well.  I just think it makes him very realistic and a much more fun character.

SiriusBlack4Eternity


		
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