Power vs. Trust (was:The Possibilities of Grey Snape...)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 142989

> >> Sydney:
> > > <snip>
> > > We're all used to seing the 'reversal' in a revenge story,     
> > > where Our Hero has been the underdog in a relationship, and   
> > > then the tables turn, and the hero has power over the         
> > > antagonist. 
> > > <snip>
 
> >>Betsy Hp:
> > <snip>
> > So it's hard for me to see their relationship as so unequal as   
> > to place Harry as the underdog awaiting a reversal.  
> > <snip>

> >>Nora: 
> There's one area where Harry has definitely been the underdog:     
> being right about things.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
But not to Snape.  In fact, I'd say Snape and Harry are also pretty 
equal when it comes to wrong conclusions reached.  The rest of your 
post is about Harry *finally* being right to distrust Snape.  So 
does that mean you agree that the story structure leans more towards 
the Snape/Harry relationship being about trust rather than power?

Betsy Hp