Snape in the Shrieking Shack (was re:time-turning)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 112873

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "totorivers" 
<tombadgerlock at f...> wrote:
>   I do think there are some reasons.... Snape tries to get Harry 
*expelled* on many occasions, and at his level it would mean 
out of  the wizarding world. And he does *not* fake that. <


He must be faking, or rather making hollow threats, since Snape 
doesn't actually have the power to expel Harry himself and 
knows that Dumbledore won't expel anybody on a first offense, 
and will require solid proof in any case. 

Once the situation has altered and Umbridge, not Dumbledore, 
is in charge, the E-word never passes Snape's lips, even when 
he is provoked to the point of physical violence.

Pippin