How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter...

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 138524

Irene Mikhlin: 
> Did Snape's Dark Mark hurt at the same moment when
> Harry's scar did, at the beginning of Year 1? That
> would make him very suspicious from the beginning.
> 
> After that, what Snape sees of Harry during his school
> years?
> 
> A boy who has all of the other teachers charmed - just
> like Tom Riddle.
> A boy who's assembled around  himself a group of
> friends who are prepared to cheat, steal and beg for
> his sake - just like Tom Riddle.
> A boy who speaks Parseltongue - just like Tom Riddle.

Amiable Dorsai:
But Snape was hostile to Harry during their very first encounter, long
before any of these things would have been apparent to Snape. The
Parsletongue incident didn't even occur until Harry's second year! 
Are you suggesting precognition?
 
Irene Mikhlin:
> Harry thinks that Snape hated him much more after he'd
> saved the Philosopher's Stone. Could that be because
> we only have Quirrel's body and Harry's word for
> what's really happened? And a tall story it is. Much
> more likely that either there was no Voldemort spirit
> there at all, or if it was - it had made some kind of
> deal with the boy.
> 
> Yes, anyone who has an insider view on Harry's motives
> would see how very different he is from Tom Riddle,
> but for an outsider it can all very convincingly look
> like another Dark Lord in making.

Amiable Dorsai:
If Snape thought that Harry was a "Dark Lord in making" he handled the
problem in a very poor way.  Wouldn't it be better to befriend the lad
and try to mold him into something better?

Granted, that would take a measure of empathy and kindness we have
zero reason to believe Snape ever possessed...

Amiable Dorsai