Hermione and Snape. Was: Re: Accio 2005 press releaseTrial of Snape

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 128311

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> Irene:
> 
> Why do you think she always protects him when Ron and
> Harry indulge in a slugfest? 
> 
> Alla:
<snip> 
> I think she knows some kind of secret about Snape AND 
just as she kept Remus secret she keeps Snape's. Honestly, 
if I believed that Snape is a vampire, I would say that 
maybe Hermione somehow discovered that he is. :-)
> 

Pippin:
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Hermione has 
something on half the people in the school by now. She's a 
right little blackmailer. But if she has something on 
Snape, why hasn't she used it? She was quick enough to out 
Lupin when she thought he'd become a threat. We've also 
seen her practice her, er, unique approach to behavior 
modification on Rita Skeeter and the twins. If she thought 
Snape's behavior was as harmful as all that, wouldn't she 
do something about it? 

Certainly she wishes Snape would be a bit nicer. But 
bearing in mind that this is the girl who would rather 
undergo an illegal curse than miss an important lesson, I 
think Hermione must think she's getting something special
out of Snape's lessons. What is she  learning?

 I think it's the little asides that she finds valuable, 
the things Harry and Ron pay no attention to,  either 
because they're not part of the regular course work and 
won't be on the exam, or because they think it's just Snape 
being horrible. Like, where to find the recipe for 
polyjuice potion. Or the fact that the ingredients for 
Shrinking Solution can be used to make a poison. Or that 
the Draught of Peace, with certain alterations, will put 
the drinker into an irreversible trance. The kind of thing, 
in other words, that  might be useful to know if you were 
planning  to fight Voldemort, but wouldn't need to know 
to pass your OWLs or NEWTs.

Pippin
noticing that none of those little asides appear in Snape's 
inspected lesson, and speculating that Snape is also the 
source of Hermione's knowledge of murtlap juice