Harry's story , NOT Snape's (was Re: "An old man's mistakes")

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No: HPFGUIDX 139011

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
<massive snippage of Nora's points and Pippin's comments.
> 
> Pippin:
> The trouble with Out for Himself Snape is that it relies on an
> inconsistent evaluation of Harry's ability to read Snape.
> 
> I mean, Harry thinks Snape hates him and needles him because Snape
> believes that Harry is a weak and unworthy wizard. That's what 
makes
> it hurt so much -- because Harry is afraid in his heart that this 
is
> true. But OFH!Snape can't believe this; after all he's only keeping
> Harry alive because Harry is the Chosen One, right?  So Harry has 
to 
> be wrong. And we're back to OscarWinner!Snape, too. 
> 
> Despite this, we are supposed to believe that Harry cannot be
> wrong  about the meaning of Snape's look of hatred and revulsion
> on the tower. And that doesn't make any sense at all -- well, not
> to me anyway.

Marianne:

You've lost me here.  Are you saying that Snape can't believe that 
Harry is no more than a weak wizard or that Snape can't believe that 
Harry believes in his (Harry's) heart that he's a weak wizard? 

Either way, I don't see that it matters to OFH!Snape.  Actually, I'm 
not sure it matters to any version of Snape.  I think Snape does 
think Harry is mediocre at best, and he also displays all those 
annoying Griffindor tendencies of emotional outbursts and letting 
the heart sometimes trump the mind. But, Harry, the Chosen One, is 
just that, however much the package may not measure up to Snape's 
estimation of a powerful wizard. OFH!Snape may be shaking his head 
at Harry's inability to throw a good curse, and wondering how the 
boy can ever possibly hope to vanquish Vmort. But he (and the rest 
of the Snapes out there) may also be blinded by thinking that only 
powerful or DE-approved methods will vanquish Vmort, when it's 
possible that Harry will do it in some other way.

Marianne