Apologizing to Snape? (was: Harry's story, not Snape's)

[lady.indigo at gmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 139073

> Alla:
> 
> IMO, Snape's critique of Harry's father, regardless of whether Snape 
> is right or wrong about him was SO inappropriate, I don't even know 
> where to start.
> 
> Snape is Harry's teacher, nothing more ( well, as it turned out he 
> is also complicit in Harry's parents deaths,) but Snape has no 
> personal relationship to Harry, IMO and had absolutely no right to 
> run his mouth off at Harry's dead father, none.
> 
> I wanted to slap him , when I read those quotes.


Of course, and you're supposed to want to slap him. It's as inappropriate 
and bullying as anything else Snape has done in his class, if not moreso. 
But the point is that it was true, and Harry's acknowledgement of this would 
have allowed for a more beneficial relationship with someone who, while 
certainly not the nicest person, was for all Harry knew a very useful and 
important resource prior to Book 6. Certainly someone trusted in 
Dumbledore's eyes, at least, however that did or didn't turn out. 

Alla:
> 
> I submit that Penseive scene was only ONE scene in seven years 
> relationship which we don't know much about yet. And we know that 
> Snape belonged to that gang according to Sirius. I never considered 
> Sirius' to be a liar, but after HBP when his words about Snape's 
> involvement with DA pretty much confirmed, I am taking his factual 
> comments about Snape pretty much at face value. JMO, of course.


I'm taking all of Snape, Lupin, and Sirius's remarks into account when I say 
that Snape had definitely been targeted alone, once as the subject of 
attempted murder/grevious assault, and we certainly never heard Lupin or 
Sirius talk about the *Marauders* being attacked and abused. Don't you think 
we would have, at least as a 'you did it too!' retort of some kind?
The fact that Snape's use of Sectumsempra involves a single cut on James's 
face when it's shown to be capable of much worse is very telling, too, about 
how little Snape either was able to or chose to retaliate.

Alla:
> 
> Harry had TEN years to endure Dursleys abuse and neglect. We don't 
> even know that the boy in ONE Snape's memory was Snape himself.
> 
> IMO, we have far more evidence of Harry's being damaged than we ever 
> had about Snape.


Even if the memory doesn't symbolize all we can learn about Snape being 
abused as a child for time and length's sake, Harry found refuge at 
Hogwarts, where he was among friends, father/grandfather figures, reknown 
and acclaim. Snape didn't have any of this. He was hurt by others pretty 
much up to taking the Dark Mark and beyond.

- Lady Indigo


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