Harry begins to act like someone I know...

[evita2fr]

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Potiocat wrote:
> [Snip]
> 
> I'm not entirely certain that Snape understands that Harry isn't 
> like [his father] that.


I don't think that Snape doesn't understand. I think he doesn't want 
to see/understand it. I made a post about it, n° 98299

What I said was that:

It is really difficult to change, very frightening, and Snape could
be scared to forget the past and go forward. Hatred is easy and
comfortable to him; it's familiar.

If he sees that Harry's childhood is not what he thought but worse,
similar to his own childhood, he'll have to acknowledge that Harry is
not James, that James is really gone and that he can't hurt him
anymore.

He would have to accept that the past is just that, the past, and a
new life is here. He would also have to accept what he's done when he
was a DE. Yeah, he knows what he did, and he told all (maybe) to
Albus, but does he realize or accept it?

Could he do like Andrew in Buffy, only he sees his past in such a
way as to not see the truth, to stay in his difficult, yes, but so
familiar life? Could he be too scared to go forward and repent? Or to
go forward at all?

He could create in his mind an exaggerated view of Harry's acts to
compare them with what he sees -- James -- and not separate the son
from the father. 

I think he began to see the real Harry, and it bothers him, so he
kept attacking him on a 'safe' subject (so-called stupidity,
arrogance, etc.) to stay in his safe 'world'. Every time that Harry
reacts, Snape sees Potter, his Harry, the Little James one, and it's
what he wants to see. 



Christelle


(At the same time, the year where someone really sees what the
Dursleys have done is the one where someone finally warns the Dursleys
in person. Yeah, it could be only a coincidence ;D)