Did Snape defend trio at the end of PoA? /Are appearances important to Snape?

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 142186

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_svirn" <a_svirn at y...> wrote:
>
 > 
> Yes, that's exactly what I am saying. I do not deny that Snape 
> wanted revenge, but *that* does not explain his urgent desire to 
> dispatch Sirius as soon as possible. (And, sorry, I don't believe 
> that it had anything to do with his alleged vanity). Nor does it 
> explain his total disinterest for Sirius's version of events. In 
his 
> line of business, so to speak, such disregard for details is rather 
> incomprehensible, and may well prove fatal.  Looks like Snape 
*knew* 
> all there was to know about Pettigrew. And if he hadn't known *all* 
> of it from the start he rectified it by eavesdropping the Lupin's 
> story. He came in when Lupin started with his narrative and chose 
to 
> reveal himself only after learning about Pettigrew being an 
animagus 
> and after letting Lupin to explain about the Prank. Whereupon his 
> first move (after a bit of gloating) was to silence Lupin, quite 
> literally by gagging him. 
> 
> Then he tried to feed Sirius to Dementors without Dumbledore being 
> the wiser. When that scheme failed he still persisted trying to 
> silence the Trio ("Hold your tongue!"). And when it didn't work 
> tried to dismiss their testimony as some sort of rumbling of three 
> confused people and one dangerous maniac. Which was fine with Fudge 
> but didn't work on Dumbledore. 
> 
> 
> a_svirn
>

really?  I wish I had PoA on me right now.  I was under the 
impression that Snape never heard that PP was an animagus; that he 
only heard about the Prank and then appeared in the doorway.

And I never got the impression that Snape was going to hand over 
Sirius to the dementors by himself.  I was under the impression that 
Sirius would be turned over to MoM and they would determine Sirius's 
fate.  

As far as silencing the Trio, it could be that Snape was embarrassed 
by the whole event in the shack; however, I didn't think he was 
trying to *hide* anything from Dumbledore; hence DD's comment to 
Fudge about Snape being disappointed (when Snape flipped out).  

This brings me to another, off-topic point.  I've read recent 
comments about how Snape has a bad temper - I think I've have only 
read of 3 instances where Snape loses it over the course of 6 years.  
a) PoA - the infamous scene with the spit flying.  After he has been 
duped by the Trio & DD with Sirius.  He KNOWS Harry had something to 
do with it - he can't prove it.  His imbalance is due to his hatred 
of Sirius.
b) OotP - the pensive scene with Harry.  Throws Harry across the room 
and breaks a bottle of cockroaches.  Can't blame him for this one.
c) HBP - when Harry calls him a coward for the 2nd time in Flight of 
the Prince.  If you believe in DDM!Snape, this makes sense that he 
would get really angry about that statement.  I can't imagine ESE!
Snape or OFH!Snape getting this steamed about that comment.

Now, I've lost my cool way more than 3 times over the last 6 years - 
does this mean I have a bad temper?  No....just that there are things 
that make me mad.  In the above 3 cases, can anyone blame Snape for 
getting mad?  I can't.  


colebiancardi