"I thought he could overcome his feelings..."
lupinlore
bob.oliver at cox.net
Tue May 17 01:00:07 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 129037
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
>
>
> I always sort of assumed that DD meant something like "I thought
> Professor Snape could muster his feelings about your father, so that
> they wouldn't get in the way of business". In other words, DD though
> him capable to adapt the attitude Snape himself advocated during his
> Occlumency lessons.
>
> a_svirn
Yeah, I initially thought that too, svirn. It accords with Option #1
in the original post (at least I think it does). But the more I think
of it the less sense it seems to make. I mean, what in the world
(wizarding or otherwise) would lead DD to think Snape could do such a
thing on demand? You have a man who rages, smolders, and all but goes
into convulsions over Harry and his activities, yet you think that
just because it's an emergency and you ask it of him he's going to be
able to put all that aside and work with the boy in a very "intimate"
activity like Occlumency training? That is an
extraordinarily...well...ignorant view of human nature, even for an
elderly man who has perhaps too positive a view of the world and who
admits to making mistakes. Of course, maybe DD really hasn't been
paying very close attention the last few years, but then what do we
make of the statements about him watching Harry carefully and knowing
what goes on at Hogwarts (although we know, admittedly, that the
latter has to be an exaggeration).
I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm just genuinely puzzled and wonder
what other people think.
Lupinlore
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