Are there no depths to which Siriophiles wont sink?

[LadySawall at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 99389

In a message dated 05/25/2004 5:48:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Sherry writes:
>There's no pretty way to express it.  If I had a child who
had a teacher who constantly humiliated him, I'd be pounding on doors and
doing whatever I could to get that teacher removed.  As someone else pointed
out, Sirius was able to admit he had been wrong, but Snape has never
admitted being wrong in his treatment of Neville or Harry or Hermione.  He
is constantly acting like a bullying teenager, not the adult teacher he is
supposed to be.  Just my two cents.


The thing is, once again, we only get Harry's POV.  Snape may say all sorts 
of things to DD in private, and possibly to some of the other teachers, that he 
would never say in front of Harry.

You know, that's something I'd really like to see in one of the upcoming 
books.  I'd like to get a few other teachers' POV.  Obviously the faculty can't 
gossip about one another to the students, but I'd love for Harry to overhear 
McGonagall and Sprout or Flitwick griping at each other about Snape, or Snape 
having a conversation with one of them in the staff room.  Harry sure spends 
enough time sneaking around under that cloak for it to happen.  Picture it:

McGonagall:  [Making tea]  "You know the Longbottom boy would probably melt 
fewer cauldrons if you weren't always making him so nervous."

Snape:  "I make *him* nervous?"  [Downs half a bottle of antacid tablets]  
"His Philter of Puppy Control ate a ten-inch hole in the dungeon floor!  I got a 
Howler from Percy Weasley this morning because the Ministry had to relax the 
cauldron-thickness standards to avoid a shortage!"

Two, and I can't believe that neither Hermione nor Dumbledore has ever 
suggested it, I really wish Harry would make an attempt to just have a civil 
conversation with the man and *try* to bury the hatchet.  (Or, well, it would 
probably take more than one attempt, but still...)  And I don't mean a teary-eyed 
reconciliation either...I'd be happy if they could come to an uneasy truce.  I 
think we can be fairly sure Snape isn't going to make the effort, but honestly, 
what's stopping Harry?

I mean, what's the worst Snape could possibly do?  Insult his dad again and 
take a few points for being too agreeable?  Maybe throw another jar of 
cockroaches?

Jo Ann


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