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

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 145402

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

> > >>Amiable Dorsai:
> > If so, Lupin missed a teaching moment (or was uncharacteristically 
> > bad at communicating) in HBP. 
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Lupin *is* bad at communicating.  That's cannon, I believe.  But 
> what teaching moment was missed? 

The Christamas break converation with harry, when Lupin was explaining
to Harry that he( Lupin) neither liked nor disliked Snape.
> 
> > >>Amiable Dorsai:
> > 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?
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Yes, definitely.  And I think there was certainly resentment by the 
> OotP Occlumency lessons, and possibly some flashes of hatred in the 
> moment following Harry's dip into Snape's "worst memory".
> 
> 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. 

Amiable Dorsai:
You give Snape no credit for imagination, memory, or anticipation.

A person dwelling on his own guilt and regrets could make one hell of
a stew in ten years.

Amiable Dorsai