[HPforGrownups] Re: In Defense of Snape (long)

[Charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 122683

>>>Alla:
> <snip>
>>I remember saying that Harry's nose did not belong in the Pensieve,
> that is true, but from that I did not make the conclusion that it was
> mostly Harry's fault that Snape went crazy. I blame that solely on
> Snape's anger management issues.
>>How about saying " Get out" and be done with it? No, I'd say Snape
> still has plenty of "inner DE" to get under control.<
>
> Betsy:
> But if Snape had just said "get out," Harry wouldn't have heard him
> because he had his nose *buried* in Snape's private memories!!!  I
> honestly think Snape was *very* controlled in his treatment of
> Harry.  And seriously, if Snape had "inner DE" issues - Harry
> would've had far deeper things to worry about then a bruised arm.
>
> It was *entirely* Harry's fault that Snape got angry.  There was
> absolutely no excuse for Harry's behavior, and though I still like
> Harry, I was disappointed with him.
>

Charme here:

I'm chuckling because I wonder if JKR intended all the debates about Snape 
:) :

I still think, based on canon and how JKR describes Snape's facial, vocal, 
and physical reactions in that scene, he wasn't controlling his anger at 
all. In the words of my Potterhead teenage niece: "woooo, Snape just freaked 
out and lost it, didn't he?"  (And no, I didn't provoke her either - that 
was her honest to goodness reaction when I asked the simple question of what 
she thought of Snape in that scene - no leading or mention of anger, nada.)

 He barely contains his anger with Dumbledore about Siruis' escape in PoA - 
maybe that's because he has to, since DD is his headmaster. I don't think 
any other teacher has man-handled a student when angry and the closest to 
come to that would be Umbridge with her enchanted quill, as Shaun rightly 
points out in another exchange on another thread. I don't think we should 
ignore Snape's reaction as depicted in canon in either case - I think 
Snape's anger is his own worst enemy(independent of Harry,) and it's 
possibly foreshadowing things to come, part of the explanation about Snape's 
past, or maybe both.

Charme