Wondering.... about Snape & McGonagall

[kmcbears1]

No: HPFGUIDX 116713


<snp> 
> Dungrollin again:
> Yes, we do agree there, but I'll come back to my original point, 
> which was that if DD or MM had been present in any of the 
> situations I mentioned above – e.g. when Snape evanesco-ed
> Harry's potion, I think they would have said `Steady on!
> That's not cricket!' (Quidditch somehow doesn't seem to
> have the right connotations for that phrase...)
> 
kmc writes:

Snape did not set the tone for their relationship Harry did.  Harry 
assumes that his scar burns on the first night at Hogwarts because 
Snape is staring at him.  In Harry's first potions class, Harry 
replies with his "ask Hermione" statement.  Harry doesn't even 
consider any other person of trying to steal the stone except Snape.  

Harry snubs Draco on the train when they meet.  Draco is a Slytherin 
and has a DE father.  Harry takes potions with the Slytherins so 
natural Snape is going to be tougher on Harry than Draco.  Even 
though he evanesco-ed the potion, does that mean he really gave Harry 
a zero or just told the class that Harry got a zero?  I know Harry 
thinks Dumbledore made Snape change his the potion grade but again 
that is Harry's viewpoint.  

IMO Harry's potion grade is truely the mark that Snape assigns.  
During the second term, Snape knows Harry is the OWLS matter not the 
potion class grade.  DD has known since Harry's first year that he 
and Voldemort have a mental link and eventually Harry will have to 
learn Occlumency from Snape. 

Could the very public "zeros" Harry receives in class be a set up for 
the "remedial potions" cover story?

kmc