Emphasis on proper address was: Snape as father figure

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 131288

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...>
wrote:
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> To expand, I would say that in Potion making (that is his technical 
> knowledge about potions and how to prepare them) Snape has largely 
> earned Harry's respect.  
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> Now, in Occlumency Snape did not earn Harry's respect, thus leading 
to disaster.  You could say, I suppose, that Snape acts no 
 differently in Occlumency than he does in potions, but Harry
doesn't  have the same physical and mental reaction to potions,
either.  A  different situation, then, and respect in one area does
not automatically carry over into another.  Neither does Snape earn 
Harry's respect in most other areas -- for instance with regard to 
his policies about enforcing school rules.

Pippin:

Well, that is just the point, isn't it? Harry never twigged to the
fact that he was in just much danger from  not respecting Snape's 
authority in Occlumency as he would have been in if he didn't respect 
Snape's authority in potions, (where, after the first lesson, he has
never failed to address Snape properly) and for the same reason -- 
he has neither the knowledge nor the experience to judge for himself 
what is dangerous. The same goes for the school rules.  

In the areas where Snape has authority over Harry, Snape has that
knowledge and experience, and it should be respected. I think that
is what the adults are trying to get across when they insist on 
'Professor' Snape. 

 I do think that Amanda has a good point, and that Snape's insistence
 just at that time, on being called 'sir' has something to do with
his eyes being narrow and then slitted-- Snape wants to distract
Harry from the forbidden subject of how Dumbledore knows what he 
knows about Voldemort, not a safe subject whether Snape is the spy or
someone else is.

Pippin