THEORY:Re: Snape and Neville

[karen_lvssr]

No: HPFGUIDX 112050

> AF:
> > I think it is in Snape's interest to treat both children 
> > equally horribly as he has no true evidence which child the
> > prophecy is about.  This way, if Voldemort or other DEs 
> > attempt legilimency/occlumency with Snape, Snape can back 
> > up his 'story' that he has not left Voldemort.  

Hannah: 
> I bet Draco Malfoy would be pretty quick to report to his father
> if Snape was nice to Potter, Longbottom, or any of the other 
> children whose parents have opposed LV.  When Harry tries to get
> Snape to help him at the end of OoP, it's not just that Snape 
> can't risk admitting to understand Harry in front of Umbridge, 
> but also that Malfoy and the other Slytherins mustn't be able to
> tell their death-eating daddies that it was Snape who alerted the
> Order to what was happening in the the DoM.  


-Karen L. here:
Has anyone considered that LV was in possession of Prof. Q. when 
Snape tried to save Harry during the Quidditch match?  How would 
Snape explain that to LV?  With the theory that Snape is equally 
mean to both Harry and Neville because of what is known by LV of 
the prophecy, Snape would have a difficult time explaining his 
attempted counter curse to save Harry, especially since LV was 
there.  

IMO Snape is especially mean to Harry & Neville simply because 
Snape knew both sets of parents and knows what the children 
should be capable of, and expects them to perform much better 
than they are.  His way of pushing them is mean.  Plus he may 
just not like them, which makes him particulary mean to those 
children.  But he also feels obliged to help when needed, even 
those children he doesn't like, which would explain his counter 
curse.  I don't think Snape's attitude has anything to do with the 
prophecy.  It's not an act, it's who he is.