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

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No: HPFGUIDX 117618


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
> 
>> 
> I'd feel remiss in not posting the continuation, since the two 
parts are so much more interesting when put together:
> 
> "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'.
> 
> 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.  
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I've interpreted it differently: Snape is reminding him of something 
awful that Sirius has done; I think that DD is reminding him that he 
(Snape) has also done awful things in the past. "My memory is as good 
as ever, Severus" - meaning, I remember everything, not just what 
Sirius had done. Telling Snape, basically, that it's not in his best 
interests to insist on rememberance of past wrongdoings. 


Naama