[HPforGrownups] Snape's Worst (and Best!) OoP Moment?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 132539

--- cubfanbudwoman <susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> No, his worst moment imo was his *goading* of Sirius as 12GP.
> [snip] 
> Okay.  So just what does Snape WANT from Sirius?...It seems to me 
> there was *nothing* in this scene except a nastily cruel series of 
> digs at Sirius, designed to point out his "worthlessness."  

You say that like it's a bad thing.

What Snape wants - and is getting - in this scene is
simply...payback.  He's taunting Sirius and getting him riled up
because he knows he can turn the tables now and there's jack-all
Sirius can do about it.  He's enjoying having the control.

I suppose I should feel outraged about it but after the pensieve
scene I figure that Sirius had it coming.  (And I'm not open to
changing my mind on this, just to cut short the deluge of email I'm
going to get over it).

 
> Now, I'm NOT saying Snape is to blame for Sirius' death  I'm not 
> going that far  but I will say that I understand Harry's anger at 
> Snape.  He recalled this interaction, and he knew Snape was baiting
> Sirius.  It was pretty reprehensible behavior, imo.  

Well, it really wasn't Harry's business, was it?  This was the latest
outburst in an old feud between two peers.  Harry doesn't know enough
about the background between them to judge accurately - as we see a
few chapters later.

> And just to try to keep things *POSITIVE*, how `bout nominations
> for Snape's BEST moment in OoP, too?  

That's easy.  Umbridge's office, she's just asked him for veritaserum
and he turns her down, and she says she wants to make Harry talk. 
And he gives her a chatty just-between-us-evil-types commentary on
the pluses and minuses of using poison to get someone to talk.

Classic Snape.  Best moment in the series.

Magda

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