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

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No: HPFGUIDX 132547


SSS wrote:
> since I can't PROVE that Snape did that, nor that he did it 
> intentionally (though I believe both to be true).  No, his worst 
> moment imo was his *goading* of Sirius as 12GP. 
> Let's look at the following scene:

Well you deliberately skip the part where Sirius being a total ass first by accusing
Snape for giving 'orders' (when Snape said 'sit down' and was here from Dumbledore's
orders). It was a vain attempt by Sirius trying desperately to remind everyone he's still
THE man by asserting his own importance, while tilting his chair backward on two legs
like a pampered little prince who still think he's all that. Oh wow why would poor
innocent harmless Sirius get sass by the awful awful bad man!?

Snape's *Best* OOP moment:

Where he goaded Sirius in his rude and petty glory, and got the upperhand and sass the
haughty Sirius.

Umbridge's office and specifically his *ironic* bow, gotta love him.

His breaking of Harry's potion with a 'oops', just as you think he was silenced and sulk
by embarassment, he still got it.

See Snape's 'worst' is what's 'best' for me, because that's what his character is about.
These are ficitional characters, they're at their 'best' by serving their function.
Unlike some of you I just can't be seperate these characters from the context of a story
and treat them as real people and constantly made reading a fictional book all about the
measuring moral meter, all about bashing, hating blaming, accusing and judging who lies
who's rude who's abusive who's bad (and failed to prove why the other 'good' way would
make a better read and writing). 

I think Sirius has his best moment in OOTP was where he insolently taunted Bellatrix and
was shocked at being out duel and fell through (emphasized with descriptions of his
wasted onced-handsome face), basically sums up the essence of this character, powerful
and heartbreaking.
 
D.