Occlumency -The real reasons for DD not teaching Harry...

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 122841


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

Geoff:
> > This appears to me as being a contradiction in terms. How can 
> someone  be cool and aloof while displaying hate and anger?

Tonks:
> I do see Snape as basically an unemotional type, except where Harry 
> and the Mauraders are concerned. Are you saying that he is really a 
> very angry man?  And his aloof air is really part of his anger?  
And 
> if so, how could he be a good spy if he were that easy to ignite?

Geoff:
But you are moving the goalposts....

..in your last post, you said:
"People here have argued as to his acting or really feeling the hate. 
I think sometimes he is acting a bit, but mostly when it comes to 
Harry and Snape's /memory of James projected onto Harry/, Snape is 
feeling hatred". 

Now you are saying: 
"I do see Snape as basically an unemotional type, /except where Harry 
and the Mauraders/ are concerned". (My emphasis).

These are not the same parameters.

His aloofness, to me, is a form of arrogance towards his pupils. And, 
yes, I believe that he is very angry although he internalises it for 
much of the time.