SV: [HPforGrownups] Re: More Snape Defense, regarding Snape's childhood. (Long)

[Casey]

No: HPFGUIDX 122991


> 
> Valky:
> Its true that good behaviour does not the saint make, but Snape 
> finds himself also unable to place value on Dumdbledore's kindness 
> now, not just Lily's then. And in contrast he seems to have a 
> sincere sentiment for Lucius Malfoy and Argus Filch, two of the 
> unkindest and more sadistic people in the wizard world. 
> Yes, Snape has high regard for Dumbledores respect and 
superiority, 
> but he reserves a limited contempt for his soft-heartedness. 
> Snape is definitely, to me anyway, still in a pattern of rejecting 
> kindness rather than keeping distance. 
> Why does he have hearty fellowship with these *superficially well 
> behaved* people who he knows would as soon stab you from behind as 
> look at you, if he's afraid of being hurt? What *does* he believe 
> in, and is he as confused as he looks, or is he as superficial as 
we 
> don't want him to be?

I don't think Snape has a sentiment for Lucius Malfoy. We know that 
Malfoy speaks highly of Snape but I can't remember Snape ever 
defending or "speaking up" Malfoy.

I also think that accepting Filch is easier. He knows what to 
expect, the man would most likely stab you in the back to protect 
himself. That kind of thinking Snape is familiar with.

People like Dumbledore, or Lilly, are foreign creatures to him. 
Kindness? Trust? Snape went from a, most likely, abusive home to a 
school where the abuse continued. When he was almost murdered, not 
only did Dumbledore not expel the perpetrators, he didn't allow 
Snape to speak about what happened. That kindness Dumbledore showed 
only went so far, up to the point of getting a couple of Gryffindor 
bully's expelled. 

Casey