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

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117646


> Alla wrote:
> 
> Sorry, Carol, but that was not the argument of the initial post and 
> not mine. I was not challenging the fact that Dumbledore trusts
Snape, but to trust the person and to LIKE the person is not the same
thing.
 
> Dumbledore's trust in Snape is indeed everywhere. He respects him as 
> loyal member of the Light forces.
> 
> I don't remember any.examples of Dumbledore's "fatherly affection" 
> toward Snape I consider it to bemostly fandom creation.

Carol responds:
No need to apologize. At least we agree that Dumbledore trusts Snape
even if we don't agree about the affection. I'll try to find some more
examples of a fatherly attitude toward Snape, who is of course some
115 years younger than Dumbledore, when I get back from California
(leaving tomorrow, returning Monday).
> 
Alla wrote:
> <snip>> 
> What do you make out of the ending of PoA , for example when 
> Dumbledore rather harshly stops Snape hysterics?
> 
> ""You don't know Potter!" shrieked Snape. "he did it, I know he did 
> it-"
> "That will do, Severus," said Dumbledore quietly. "Think about what 
> you are saying. This door had been locked since I left the ward ten 
> minutes ago. Madam Pomfrey, have these students left their beds?"
> "Of course not!" said Madam Pomfrey, bristling. "I would have heard 
> them!"
> "Well, there you have it, Severus," said Dumbledore calmly.
> "Unless you are suggesting that Harry and Hermione are able to be in 
> two places in once, I am afraid I don't see any point in troubling 
> them further" - PoA, p.420, paperback.
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
Carol responds:
Funny, I don't see it that way at all. He doesn't say, "Shut up, you
fool!" "That will do, Severus," is pretty mild for the amount of anger
Snape is showing. I think he's quite subtly telling Snape about the
Time Turner, talking over the heads of Madam Pomfrey and Fudge, whom
he doesn't trust to know about it. Far from insulting Snape, he's
relying on his ability to instantly put two and two together. And it
works.

Carol, asking people not to "offlist" her until Monday at the earliest!