Snape/Neville vs Hagrid/Draco(was: Elkins' Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame...)

horridporrid03 horridporrid03 at yahoo.com
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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