Snape--Abusive?

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 114680


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Valky: 
> I agree with what you have said here Harry doesn't have these 
> reactions to Snape but there is someone who does. Neville 
Longbottom.
> Now I have been thinking on this for a little while now especially 
> in terms of the longest debate that has been going on the past few 
> days about Harry needing to stand his ground with Snape. My 
response 
> to that you can read if you sift through the deluge and paraphrased 
> it basically says that Harry has Snape beaten in spades already. 
> Someone who hasn't though is Neville. Neville is still suffering 
and 
> tormented by Snape. In POA we discover he has been deeply cut by 
> Snapes cruelty toward him. Neville has no respect for Snape and 
> Neville is the subject most abused by the evident *issues* Snape 
> hasn't matured beyond. Therefore it is *Neville* who most needs to 
> stand up and take back his personal power here and not Harry.

> 
> In a recent part of the discussion I have contemplated with another 
> poster a way that the Snape v Harry situation might play out in a 
> classroom riot brought on by Snape going too far with Harry. I have 
> been thinking about it for a while and I have realised that it is 
> not Harry that Snape will go too far with but Neville. 
> I have imagined a couple of scenarios and I will give you one just 
> for the pleasure of it.
> 
> Snape is the seveth year DADA teacher, which means that he now 
> operates to his great dismay in the DA shadow of Harry Potter. 
> Snape is not getting the respect he had hoped would come with his 
> DADA position and in some way tries to take it by making an example 
> of Harry in front of the class. In the end of the scenario a 
> menacing Snape stands over Harry pointing his wand and ranting 
> threateningly some detached semi-DADA lecture about the power of 
the 
> Dark Lord and this is where you'll be when you need to use DADA, 
> when Neville finally enraged and beyond his limit with Snapes 
> bullying jumps up and screams "leave him alone Professor..." Then 
> Neville takes his magnificent stand against his greatest fear and 
> inspires all sorts of amazement from his class mates.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Valky

Excellent points.  I think you may well be onto something with the 
Neville scenario.  Certainly the evolution of his character in OOTP 
would lead in this direction, and you can't help but feel that there 
has to be some goal toward which this is heading.  Perhaps if we pair 
people up with their "enemies" whom they will eventually 
defeat/destroy, it would be Harry vs Voldemort, Ron vs Draco, and 
Neville vs Snape.

The scenario you posit for seventh year DADA seems extremely 
plausible.  It would also be funny beyond measure.

Dzeytoun