Snape & Harry (was FakeMoody, Snape, Legilimency, and Motives)

[Marci Wyzdyx]

No: HPFGUIDX 132244



KarentheUnicorn's Reply:
Meh, I don't know if he is always trying to get him expelled, how 
many times has he actually tried to get Harry expelled. <snip> If 
I'm to keep an open mind on both characters, then, 9 out of 10 times 
I see Snape harrasing Harry when he is breaking rules, or Snape 
thinks he is breaking rules. <snip> So, his strict 
interpritation of things makes him look quite mean to someone like 
Harry.<snip>



IMO, Harry's problem is not that Snape wants to expel him; the problem is Snape is holding a grudge against James & Sirius for amusing themselves by abusing him.  He mistreats Harry by 1) making sure his potions don't get graded (broken beakers, for instance),  2) making HRH assist Slytherins, but not Neville in making potions,  and 3) giving detentions to HRH for infractions that would never earn a detention for any Slytherin student.  
Harry seems to feel that Snape has singled hm out for unfair treatment.  In OotP DD agrees with Harry's assessment of Snape's hatred.  " "I trust Severus Snape," said Dumbledore simply.  "But I forgot -- another old man's mistake -- that some wounds run too deep for the healing.  I thought Professor Snape would overcome his feelings about your  father -- I was wrong." "
 
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