Snape's view (was Re: Harsh Morality)

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>>Nora wrote: 
> Problem is, I don't think they really do--if Snape were to sit 
down  and think them through fully.  Snape's ongoing conception of 
Harry  (among other things) also puts the lie to the SuperPerceptive!
Snape idea that floats around here every once in a while: you know 
the one, the Snape who notes absolutely everything around him, 
constantly weighing ideas and always astute to the smallest 
changes...am I permitted a few giggles of laughter?

Potioncat:
SuperPerceptive!Snape?  Is this a cousin of our Snape?  Which book 
is he in?

Nora: 
> No, I think Snape's myopia is thematic for his character; while 
> undeniably intelligent, he is also convinced of his rightness to 
the  point of arrogance.  He absolutely cannot stand to be 
challenged by  someone who is not his institutional superior.

Potioncat:
OK, this is our Snape.

 Nora:
snip 
> But I also don't think JKR is hiding nearly as many things from us 
> as Pippin thinks. :)  She's taken pretty careful care to set up 
> situations where Snape's judgement is right, and situations where 
> his judgement is wrong.  The thing is that the wrong ones hang 
> together in an interesting thematic pattern of arrogance and self-
> conviction.

Potioncat:
Snape does not like arrogant people...does not like people who wear 
their hearts on their sleeves...does not like himself.

He's determined that Harry is a little snot and I still think most 
of the events have confirmed it to him.  I'm not saying the events 
confirm it in truth. 

We all do it, hopefully not to the extent Snape does, but we have a 
mindset about something and events prove it. Anything that disproves 
it is a fluke.