All the subjects required for an Auror - Was Re: YES (Did Snape Murder DD?)

[Rachel Ellington]

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Valky said:
I just don't buy that it's about Harry being mediocre, but I also
can't buy that Snape has realised this interesting thing he found in
Harry is a better power or more important that stealth wizardry
because at the end of HBP he's still preaching at Harry how stupid he
is for not making that his priority. 



IMO, Snape still harbors dislike for Harry because of Harry's parentage.  His distaste for James Potter, and now Harry, is evident in the comment he makes in PA when he compares the arrogance of father and son.  He continually comments on the special treatment Harry recieves, showing perhaps that Snape is jealous of the Potters.  

Snape is dumbfounded that Harry is "the Chosen One" - an arrogant, talentless, rulebreaker.  Snape has heard the prophecy and knows that Harry is "the one," but he just can't believe that Harry will be able to defeat LV.  Snape assumes that Harry will need to fend off LV in his head, that Harry will defeat LV by using occlumency. But as HBP has shown us, all you need is love.  Harry is not the picture of a wizard Snape thinks can defeat LV, but he begrudgingly continues to try to teach Harry DADA in the hopes that it will take.  

Snape really DOES think Harry is mediocre, and in some ways this is true from Snape's perspective.  Harry has not been very proficient in potions or occlumency, talents that Snape holds in high esteem.  I think what we have seen thus far is that Harry will likely not defeat LV in the ways Snape is trying to instruct him.  Harry will defeat LV in his own way, a way which Snape can not understand - most likely with help from Harry's friends.  

Rachel