Favorite Snape Scenes - He's such a lovely professor, no really.

[vmonte]

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>Betsy:
It's a sign that Snape is not a nice man. Umm. Like I said. Twenty
billion times.

vmonte responds:
He's not a good teacher either...  :)

>Betsy:
>I think Snape would agree with the "it's better to be feared than
loved," philosophy of life. I'm not saying Snape is right but I don't
see how this makes Snape evil.<

>vmonte responds: Cruelty is evil.

>Betsy:
So James and Sirius and Fred and George Weasley are evil then.

vmonte responds:
James, Sirius, Fred and George are just stupid teenagers. Snape is a 
grown man. (Although, James and Sirius are worse than Fred & George 
IMO.)

>vmonte responds:
>You think so? I don't. If Snape had nothing to hide in this scene
why did he run with his tail between his legs--what a coward.<

<Betsy:
Okay. So you think Snape is still working for Voldemort and does
want to kill Harry. That clears some things up for me. It's not a
theory I subscribe too (obviously! <g>) but if Snape is the big
villain for you, I'm not going to be able to change your mind. All
of Snape's actions will be tilted in a certain direction for you.
We'll just have to wait until the final page of book 7 to see how
things turn out.

vmonte responds:
Honestly, I think that Snape mainly works for himself. And he may 
eventually go through some big spiritual conversion in book 7, I just 
don't think, at this point in time, he is good. 

>vmonte responds:
>Wow, nice strategy. Dear Diary, Tomorrow is the first day of term.
Note to self: Remember to humiliate children in class and show them
who is boss. PS. Make sure to pick one or two out that you can
continuously use throughout the year as whipping boys/girls.<

Betsy:
Yup, pretty much! :)

vmonte: Ok, you made me laugh here! 

>Betsy:
>Oh, Snape definitely favors the Slytherins. I've never argued that
he doesn't. All I'm trying to say is this doesn't make him evil.
Though I've also tried to show that he might have a hidden motive for
giving the children of Death Eaters, like Draco Malfoy, an easy way
of it.<

>vmonte responds:
>Oh I see. If the Slytherins are coddled then they won't learn as
much as the other students and this will lead to them not being
recruitable Voldemort agents.<

>Betsy:
Hee! Not a bad theory!

<vmonte:
Yeah, I like this one too.... :)

<Betsy:
In the schools I attended, if a student cheated, the student was
usually the one held accountable.

<vmonte: Where I work, any teacher that behaved like Snape would be 
out on his behind after the second day of work.  

Betsy:
Ah. Yes, Snape is rude to not refer to Lupin by his name. Though the
term "werewolf" is not actually a derogatory name. Lupin *is* a
werewolf. And when Lupin doesn't take his potion he will eat any
little children that cross his path. Which would make for a very bad
teacher in my book.

vmonte:
Yes, Lupin has a dangerous and deadly disease. And I will not be 
surprised to learn that he may have killed someone in the past while 
a werewolf. But his malady has nothing to do with him being a good 
teacher or not. 

I truly believe that Snape is "still" a racist and that he 
intentionally treats Lupin badly because of what he is.