Snape-the Hero -- Snape-the Abuser/ Snape as animal rescuer

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No: HPFGUIDX 143319

Betsy Hp:
> As to Fang, like Harry, Snape was more worried about human victims 
> before the animal.  

Alla:

Oh, which human victims when he was running away?


Bety
> I'd also point out that it's Snape who draws the Death Eaters away 
> from Hagrid, allowing Hagrid to rescue Fang.  Plus, Buckbeak is 
> still alive.  If Snape is such an animal hater, why didn't he take 
> the opportunity to kill Buckbeak?  I don't believe hippogriffs are 
> all that hard for a wizard of Snape's caliber to kill, or at least 
> harm quite badly.


Alla:

LOLOL! Snape did not kill Buckbeak, because Buckbeak was about to 
kill him IMO. It seemed to me that Bucky had a HUGE advantage when 
he was attacking and Snape was very lucky to escape. :-)
I did not see Snape even TRY fighting Bucky, just running for his 
life. But after all that is my most charitable intepretation of 
Tower scene - Snape running for his life.


JMO of course,

Alla