Snape and Occlumency

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 121763


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998" 
<eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:

> For me the point of no return for Snape was at the very end of 
book  5. After Harry suffered the tortures of the dammed and the 
death of  his beloved Godfather Snape showed up, talking to 
Harry as "coldly  as ever" and with "a sneering smile" removed 
10 points from  Gryffindor.<

Pippin:

"When I told him Voldemort had Sirius, he just sneered at me as 
usual--"
"Harry, you know that Professor Snape had no choice but to 
pretend not to take you seriously in front of Dolores Umbridge," 
said Dumbledore steadily. -OOP-37

There you are, canon for OscarWinner!Snape. Not that I think 
Snape is overflowing with sympathy for Harry or Hermione, but 
he can't afford to be visibly concerned about them when Draco is 
around.

I agree that Malfoy was out of line, but  it is the adults' duty  to 
insist that he should have been reported,  not hexed. 

Pippin