Why Snape Can't Be Evil

[ccampboyle]

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Alla wrote:

I mean you can argue that prior to that Snape saved him from Crucio,
or you can argue that he simply was following the Orders from his
Lord Thingy.

You can argue that he was giving Harry tips how to fight OR you can
argue that he was simply gloating and in the great tradition of
such stories was giving Harry tips unwillingly.

But if you follow Snape as ESE intepretation, one can argue that
when Harry called him a Coward, Snape could not keep his heart
desires quiet anymore and finally attacked Harry. Who knows which
spells Harry would have to endure from Snape if Buckbeak would not
show up.

Cathy:

Oh, I grant the last attack. But up until that point, he had shown
remarkable restraint. I think he just lost it, after the coward
remarks, in the same way that Harry has lost it on a number of
occasions with Draco in the past. I'm not convinced that makes him
ESE. And particularly if, as I said, his dislike for Harry is genuine.
  Snape could hate LV, and still dislike Harry intensely, particularly
if he feels, had Harry not been around, Lily need not have died. I
think Snape simply sees Harry as a means to destroy LV, and a rather
distasteful one, from his perspective.

Cathy