Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

[phoenixgod2000]

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> Sherry now:

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> However, that being said, I find myself compelled to defend 
Snape.  I
> believe that Snape is grateful to Dumbledore.  i can't quote 
chapter and
> verse, because all my books are packed away, but it's more of an 
overall
> feeling I get from reading Snape.  If Snape is loyal to anyone at 
all, he's
> loyal to Dumbledore.  Unless we've been totally fooled and he ends 
up being
> truly ESE, that is.  I believe that whatever Dumbledore did for 
him or knows
> about him or has accepted about him, Snape feels a fierce sense of 
loyalty
> to him and would not betray him under any circumstances.  I can 
lay a lot of
> things at Snape's door, but lack of gratitude or loyalty to 
Dumbledore is
> not one of them.

I agree with you Sherry that Snape is most likely personally loyal 
to Dumbledore. I don't think he is going to be suddenly revealed as 
evil or anything like that. I'm just not that lucky. but there is a 
difference between that and being grateful as far as I am 
concerned.  If I am given a second chance by someone and put in a 
postion of incredible responsibility (like a teacher) I do not honor 
that choice by doing the job that Snape does with his attitude. you 
do it with gusto, as a form of thanks, that you have a second 
chance. Snape acts like he would rather be doing something else, 
which is an ungrateful attitude as far as I was raised.

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