[HPforGrownups] Re: Occlumency -THE REAL STORY

[fridwulfa]

No: HPFGUIDX 122905


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> Julie wrote:
> I hadn't thought of it this way, but it could explain one thing
> that bothered me about Snape's reaction. WHY was he so angry
> that Harry saw this scene of the Marauders bullying him? Yes,
> Snape didn't come off too well, but James and Sirius come off
> much worse. Snape already taunted Harry about James not
> being the wonderful person Harry imagines. Why not use this
> scene to drive that nail in deeper? You'd think Snape would feel
> immense satisfaction at Harry having to face the "truth" about
> James, given Snape's feelings. Instead Snape is furious. But
> is he furious that Harry witnessed his humiliation, or furious
> that Harry's action may have put both their lives further at risk?

Me (Fridwulfa):
Well, James and Sirius come off much worse, no doubt about it, but I think 
Snape thinks Harry to be exactly like his father, so if James found the 
whole thing funny, so would Harry. That's probably what Snape thinks, that 
Harry will be as amused as his father was and will see no harm or wrong in 
James' behaviour.  He'll probably think that Snape had it coming or got what 
he deserved. Snape has a perception of James as the prankster and arrogant 
teenager that he once was. We don't know if he had a chance to meet James 
later on, when he was a responsible adult, so he probably never had a chance 
to come to terms with him. He's proyecting this image of James on Harry. He 
just doesn't stop to think that Harry may be disgusted with his father's 
behaviour, he simply thinks: "oh, my, here comes another Potter to laugh at 
me and make my life miserable", and that's why, IMO, he reacts the way he 
does.
Cheers,
Fridwulfa