Does Snape hate Harry? (was:Re: TBAY: Definitely NOT a Snape Theory)

[amiabledorsai]

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> Betsy Hp:
> Because you're absolutely correct, Neri.  There's no explanation for 
> DDM!Snape hating Harry.  But there is an explanation for DDM!Snape 
> to feel a whole boatload of guilt around Harry.  And while I think 
> this does fall more into the "allow" side of the scale, a guilty 
> Snape could well act like a hating Snape, especially in Harry's 
> eyes.  (Do any of the Potterverse adults think Snape hates Harry?  I 
> think McGonagall or Lupin or even Dumbledore would have a pretty 
> good idea of Snape's views towards Harry.)


Amiable Dorsai:
If so, Lupin missed a teaching moment (or was uncharacteristically bad
at communicating) in HBP.  

Do you not think that a profound and protracted sense of guilt could
eventually inspire resentment, and even hatred?  Particularly with all
the other emotional baggage (including hatred for Harry's father
James, and for Harry's champion, Sirius) that Snape carries around?

Amiable Dorsai