Rampant Ingratitude, was Re:Lusting After Snape

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phoenixgod2000: 
> 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.


Alisha:
Of course Snape acts like he'd rather be doing something.  He /would/ 
rather be doing something else.  He hates dealing with children.  He 
may be incredibly grateful for what Dumbledore has done for him.  He 
may even be doing the best he can as a teacher, but that doesn't mean 
that he has to enjoy what he does, nor should he have to act like he 
does.  Whatever crimes he may have committed as a DE, Dumbledore does 
not hold them against him, so he shouldn't be made to suffer for them 
any longer.  It is possible that he continues to hold a job he 
despises as a form of self-inflicted punishment.  In any case, 
Dumbledore doesn't seem to think he's being ungrateful.  He doesn't 
require his benificiaries to grovel in thankfulness before him.  And 
if it doesn't bother him, it shouldn't bother you.

Alisha
who wishes she could like Snape in the book as much as she likes Alan 
Rickman's portrayal.