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

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Ana:

> 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. 


Alla:

I concede that you are correct - he does not SHOW much affection 
towards other teachers either and he must feel something towards 
Snape as person. I am just saying that the fact that Dumbledore 
constantly repeats that he trusts him, does not necessarily equals 
him liking Snape's behaviour towards Harry,

I disagree that Dumbledore does not have affection towards Harry. If 
we were to think that he was telling the truth at the end of OOP, his 
love for the boy caused him to do all those things to him. You know, 
hide truth from Harry for as long as possible, etc.