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

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>> > Potioncat
 "You haven't forgotten that, Headmaster? You 
> > haven't forgotten that he once tried to kill *me*?"
> > 

>>>Nora: 

> "My memory is as good as it ever was, Severus," said Dumbledore 
> quietly.
> 
> This smacks of a reminder of some sort, and I'm not quite sure 
what  to do with it.  It doesn't come across as dismissive per se, 
but I  can't help but feeling it as something of a rebuke--'You and 
I both  know what actually happened', with perhaps the 
continuation 'and it's  not what matters now even though it was 
awful', OR perhaps 'and you know that's not what really went on'.

Potioncat:
I have to agree.  The two men know exactly what they are talking 
about, but we do not. It also sounds the way an adult child talks to 
an elderly parent who is losing his/her memory.(Although I don't 
think that is JKR's intent at all. Just my own personal life 
intruding)

>>>Nora
> 
> For my own largely unsupported two cents, I feel some definite 
quasi- paternal vibes coming from Dumbledore towards Snape, but on 
the other  hand, I think Dumbledore must also know what Snape is 
capable of and  tries to keep him reined in, even inject a little 
humor and levity  into his life.  No idea if it's taken at all. 

Potioncat:
I've had the same thoughts.  I've also seen what looks like sibling 
rivalry between Sirius and Severus.

 >>>Nora notes that she has read many, many discussions (not here) 
of  how Dumbledore treats the poor innocent Snape like trash, and is 
merely using everyone around him in a mercenary manner for his own 
ends

Potioncat:
Poor innocent Snape?  Severus has a brother? (A twin, no doubt)