Narcissistic!Snape (was: Whither Snape?) [long!]

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No: HPFGUIDX 127372


Nora:
I don't think it is.  I think it takes a particular temperament, 
character, set of mind to look at a child from having known his 
father at school and go "Opp, just like the old man, he is", and
then proceed to behave that way in the face of all evidence.
  
 
Pippin:
The evidence is hardly unambiguous from Snape's point of view.
Is Draco like his father? A lot of us think so,
and yet his actions could be interpreted in other ways if you
were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. How odd that
we expect Snape to show more discernment than the average fan <g>

Alla:

I am afraid I really don't follow you, Pippin. :-) I would 
definitely NOT have thought that Draco is exactly as his father from 
the FIRST moment we saw him.  We were specifically talking about the 
fact that Snape seems to classify Harry as James on their FIRST 
meeting, right? I absolutely don't see the similarities. If Snape 
would start to think about Harry as his father ... say couple years 
after he started Hogwarts, whether it was deserved or not, it would 
be a different story.

Snape though makes a snap judgment, or seems to make a snap judgment 
about Harry the moment he sees the boy.

Yeah, I'd say I DEFINITELY expect Snape to show more discernment 
than that, or actually now I don't since I am quite convinced by 
Narcissistic! Snape argument.
Kid who, in Snape opinion thinks that he is so special,as Susan so 
eloquently put it, definitely needs to be taken down. :-)


Just my opinion,

Alla