Will these two stop it?? (was: Why should Harry be expected to listen...)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 122988


Pippin:
> Every moment Harry and Snape spend on their stupid, childish 
> power struggle is stolen from the other students in class and 
> from the war against  Voldemort. That Snape is stealing from his 
> students is not an excuse for Harry to do so as well.

SSSusan:
Damn.  I'm not supposed to send just a "YES!!" post to the list, so 
I've got to find something to add to this.  You've isolated THE point 
(yet again), Pippin.  

All this blame game stuff we always return to, and yet what we're 
left with is TWO people who're acting childishly, with neither being 
able to fully accomplish his goals because of it.  'Course, I still 
blame Snape more than you do <g> but in large part that's because I'm 
focusing on the "time is being stolen from the war against Voldemort" 
part.  Yet, even in that, if Harry could've stopped those passive-
aggressive behaviors you point to or just learned to shut up around 
Snape, things would likely have gone better.

So I wonder, now, how many of us have real hope [as in, believe it 
likely] that these too will reduce or end their stupid, childish 
power struggle?  

I'll go first.  I *do* believe there will be a truce of sorts, though 
I think there may be a Big Ugly Blow-up first.  And I suspect that 
it'll be Harry making the first move -- not likely an actual apology 
but just a decision to do whatever he has to do to make things work 
towards defeating Voldy.  If that means there are times he can stand 
up to Snape and argue with him, I'd like to see him do that, but I'm 
hoping he'll do some maturing such that he'll be able to control his 
temper in situations where that's required for safety, security or 
learning.  [As, for instance, he *couldn't* do in OotP when DJU got 
under his skin.]

Siriusly Snapey Susan