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

[davenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 132556

> SSSusan:
> I was presenting 
> what I felt to be *Snape's* worst moment in OoP.  I was not 
> presenting a comparison between Snape or Sirius, nor did I anywhere 
> say, "Poor, totally innocent, sweet little Sirius."  Do I think 
> Snape behaved worse than Sirius in this encounter?  Yup.  Do I think 
> Sirius' tone made things worse?  Yup.  Do I still think Snape went 
> over the line in his taunts?  You betcha. :-)

I think this only seems like such a bad moment for Snape because we 
know that eventually Sirius' eagerness to get out of the house leads 
to his demise, and scenes like this helped create the mindset that 
made Sirius so reckless.  I don't think that this moment had a 
significant impact on Sirius' behavior, though it's possible that 
Snape's delivery of the message from Dumbledore did.

Sirius would have rushed to help no matter what, I think, but he may 
not have been so careless if it hadn't been a moment of such 
exhilirating contrast to his months of "uselessness," which is why 
Dumbledore blames himself.

I think a worse moment for Snape is when Harry and Malfoy dueled 
briefly in GoF and Hermione was accidentally hit and given huge teeth, 
and Snape said "I see no difference."  Very, very uncalled for, 
undeserved, cruel, and disgusting.

While I agree that Snape's best moment is dealing with Umbridge, I 
would say that his duel with Lockhart was also good.  Not because of 
dialogue, but just because Snape got to nail a really irritating 
character.

Vote: Who thinks that Snape will get the DADA job anytime in the next 
two books, or beyond? (Beyond meaning that perhaps after LV is 
vanquished, we learn that Snape is hired for DADA the following year.)

- davenclaw