DD's respect for Snape (Was: Unreliable narrator - The Snape Timeline

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No: HPFGUIDX 117606


Alla <dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> What do you make out of the ending of PoA , for example when 
> Dumbledore rather harshly stops Snape's hysterics?
> 
> <snip quote> 
> 
> To me, it looked like rather cruel mockery by Dumbledore, because 
> I think that all teachers know about time-turners, not just 
> McGonagall, so Dumbledore practically tells him what happened and 
> tells him to shut up.

I don't see how Dumbledore is being harsh to Snape, after all he is 
speaking to Snape both "quietly" and "calmly". I wouldn't say it 
looked like cruel mockery either. 

> In any event, the most what I saw from Dumbledore in that scene is 
> pity towards the man "who is not unbalanced, just suffered a 
> severe disappointment"

Dumbledore obviously knows Snape well enough to give 'pity' where 
it's due. He knows that Snape would have "suffered a severe 
disappointment" since he knows exactly how Snape feels towards Sirius 
and how much he would have wanted that Order Merlin...

> Now, I am not saying that Dumbledore can feel the affection 
> towards Snape, but if he does, he hides it well, IMO.

Yes, but how much affection does Dumbledore display towards Minerva 
(or even Hagrid)? I would think that after knowing Snape for more 
than 20 years, Dumbledore would at least feel some affection towards 
Snape (and not just tolerating him). Dumbledore also hid his 
affection well from Harry..I think that much is obvious from the end 
of book 5. 

~Ana