Snape/Neville vs Hagrid/Draco(was: Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame...)
horridporrid03
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Mon Feb 14 22:09:12 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 124556
>>Betsy:
>So if the teacher is Hagrid and the student is Draco, not paying
attention and the resulting disaster is the fault of arrogance on the
part of the student. But, if the teacher is Snape and the student is
Neville, then not paying attention and the resulting disaster is the
fault of arrogance on the part of... the teacher? (Maybe it's the
old, Slytherin = evil default? <g>)<
>>Susanne:
<snip>
>This comparison doesn't work.
>Neville makes mistakes out of a justified fear of his teacher. Draco
is just being an arrogant git who thinks he doesn't need to pay
attention when "someone like Hagrid" dares to try and teach him
anything.<
Betsy:
Later on in the classes, yes, I agree, you can't really make a
comparison. But I was refering to first day disasters. Neville
melts Seamus's cauldron and ends up in the hospital wing, covered in
boils. And it's because he "added the porcupine quills before taking
the cauldron off the fire." (SS paperback p. 139) It's only the
first day, so Neville hasn't reached total terror yet (though I
imagine this incident helped). The disaster occured because he
didn't follow directions.
You know when Hagrid says something to the effect of, "they reckoned
I should have started you out on flobberworms,"? I always liked the
idea of that recommendation coming from Snape. I can totally see all
the teachers comforting Hagrid in the Staff room, and Snape making a
snarky remark about general student abilities and how they could
probably barely handle flobberworms. It makes me laugh. :)
Betsy, who *always* paid attention in class <eg>
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