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

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 145359

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

> Betsy Hp:
> Lupin *is* bad at communicating.  That's cannon, I believe.  But 
> what teaching moment was missed? 

*obligatory bad joke*  

No, THIS is the cannon!

*bang*
 
> However, at their very first meeting in PS/SS there hasn't really 
> been time for resentment and hatred to build up.  Harry is 
> completely out of Snape's sight until he comes to Hogwarts.  The 
> entire Order has disbanded, and Snape probably has very little to 
> do on his spying front.  So I doubt Snape dwelled on Harry all that 
> much.  Which is why it doesn't make sense to me that Snape hated 
> Harry on sight in PS/SS.

It may not make *sense*, but then Snape is not always presented to us 
as a rational being, either.  Let's assume that Snape really does 
hate Harry on sight.  This would then imply that Snape has some 
serious unresolved issues, as well as some serious control and 
transference problems.

As Neri points out above, LID!Snape explains a Snape with obligations 
who acts as a protector but is still able to be resentful, as opposed 
to a penitent (who is presumably thus trying to act like one).  Tie 
this together with James, and the proposition that those things just 
haven't been gotten over...well, it's not what we may like to think 
abot Snape, but it's awfully well-supported and delineated in canon.

-Nora is a big fan of Faith herself, too...