Post Traumatic Stress and Snape was Re: Narcissistic!Snape

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 127401


> 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.

> 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. :-)

Kemper now:
Maybe Snape suffers from a mild case of Post-Traumatic Stress.  
People who were abused sometimes have unreasonable reactions to those 
who look like the one who abused them.  And everyone on this list 
knows Harry looks like James, except in the eyes.  He has his 
mother's eyes.  But what if Harry was Harriet, the girl who lived?  
Would Snape have such a strong, unhealthy, reaction to her?  I don't 
think so because Harriet is a girl and even though Harriet could look 
like her James in almost every way, she would still fall short when 
it comes to the Y chromosome.  A girl didn't attack Snape, a boy 
did.  The boy who attacked Snape, looks almost exactly like Harry.  

This doesn't make Snape's reaction to Harry acceptable, but it does 
make it understandable.  

Snape has issues.  

Kemper