Does Snape hate Dumbledore?

[Julia]

No: HPFGUIDX 137198


> Colebiancardi:
>   
> > I don't think Snape resented DD for that.  As DD stated about
> Snape's 
> > meltdown at the end of PoA, he suffered a major 
disappointment.   I 
> > think DD was just telling him he knows....and the fact is we had
> huge 
> > discussions around the *prank* that Sirius pulled on Snape and 
if 
> > there was more to it than we know about.
> > 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> But DD does not even say these words to Snape, he says it to 
Fudge. I 
> absolutely do think that a huge resentment could have been born out
> of  
> it. But of course it is just a matter of interpretation.
> 
> In light of JKR saying flat out  that DD has no confidantes, I 
also 
> doubt that DD EVER informed Snape about what really happened that
> night 
> when Sirius escaped.
> 
> I think that Snape was VERY dissapointed  that Dumbledore did not 
> support him ( I don't want to get into discussion whether Snape 
had a 
> right to be dissapointed - he absolutely could have been), but I
> think that the fact that DD leaves Snape out of the loop on those 
> events,may have annoyed him very much.
> 
> Just me speculating obviously, but I believe that there are 
possible 
> hints to that in canon.
> 
> Alla.

Julia here:
I absolutely don't agree with you. I just can't imagine that Snape 
could have hated DD. He might have been dissapointed at some point 
or feel very angry but I refuse to believe he developed such an 
intense negative feeling towards DD, the person, probably the only 
one, who has ever tried to find good in him, trusted that there was 
good in Severus Snape. SS is a type of man who respects others and 
understand that there are greater and wiser than him. I'm sure that 
while he demands respect from students he surely can respect his 
headmaster/mentor or whatever...
He couldn't have hated Dumbledore because he knew there was no 
reason for that. I'm sure that even if his loyalities lies on 
Voldemort side he still know that he simply can't hate Dumbledore. 
He knows how DD feels about him, he knows he trust him - so he knows 
that he can't hate him for that....

To Snape, the only reason for hating DD would be his trusting 
personality, the fact he can be easily fooled and therefore he is 
weak. I can imagine Snape hating DD for that - but it would be 
connected with a great love for DD along with caring for him. 
Something like - I love you so much that it makes me hate you!

Julia