Am I the only one...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 133814

Doddie wrote:
I am absolutely livid with Snape but not for Killing Dumbledore..but
for telling Voldemort about the prophecy!

Sheesh look at what Snapes actions started!

Murder of the Potters, torture of the Longbottoms!!

And then he has the nerve to be snide and unpleasant among other
things to both Harry and Neville when they are around him.(He cannot
even manage cool indiference!)

As brave as Neville is I find it very telling that the boggart turned
into prof. Snape for Neville!!!

DD will have his reasons for trusting Snape...DD made his choice!!!

Harry and Neville not much of a reason at all to trust Snape.

And I also think that the clue to occlumency is not to clear one's
mind of emotion...but to focus on an emotion..(the only time it
appeared to be effective for Harry...and it appears Snape is ALWAYS
angry!).

Much of Snapes behavior in HBP may be able to be explained/reasoned
away...but not his treatment of Harry, and not his treatment of
Neville and not even his continued loathing of James in the previous
five books...Snape did, after all, have a hand in James death and he
owed James a life debt no less!!!!! I don't care how much you've been
bullied-seems to me James, Sirius, Peter and Lupin had plenty of
punishment for their behavior. (remember the detention records Harry
had to recopy?)

I do not know if there's anything Snape could do that would redeem
him enough to get out of the black and be more of a grey character
for me.

Doddie
--who completely understands why Harry loathes Snape and hopes Snape
gets what he deserves in the end!


vmonte:
No Doddie you are not the only one who feels this way. :)
Snape has treated the children miserably since day one. I can't 
imagine that she will make Snape the hero at the end of the book. 
What would be the point of this? Snape is abusive and horrible. It 
would be like saying to children: "Just shut up and take it! What do 
you know?!"  
JKR had a teacher like this and she hated him. We have all had at 
least one teacher like this (at least I did). I wish that I could 
write a story were I would get to make this person look like a fool 
over and over again. 

The only time I saw Snape get impressed with Harry was in HBP, when 
Harry used (unknowingly) the unforgivable curse against Draco. Snape 
says something like: "I underestimated you." This is what Snape finds 
impressive? The ability for someone to be able to use this type of 
curse on someone?    

Notice that when Snape later realizes that Harry is not capable of 
using an unforgivable curse against him (when Snape flees the castle 
with Draco) he begins to mock him. He says something like: 'You don't 
have it in you, you've got to mean it!'  
Snape sees this as Harry's weakness. I don't.

Vivian