Sadistic!Snape? (was:Snape's canon opposite/ Proving loyalty...)

[raie8]

No: HPFGUIDX 140253


> > > vmonte:
> > > It's beyond me how you can say that you don't understand 
> > > how folks get the idea that Snape is deeply horrible and 
> > > sadistic when the author plainly states this as fact in 
> > > her books and in her interviews. <snip>
> > 
> > Betsy Hp:
> > Probably because the books don't plainly state it at all.  
> 
> Amiable Dorsai:
> Other than, you know, picking out a student for "special 
> attention" during his very first Potions class, insulting 
> an orphan's father, insulting a student's looks, playing 
> favorites, casting aspersions on a student's intelligence 
> to another teacher in front of the student and his 
> classmates, making an unjustified criticism of another 
> teacher to that teacher's class, threatening to poison a 
> student's pet and then being abusive after he's thwarted, 
> discouraging class participation from the best student in 
> his class... 
> 
> And then there's the time he tried to have the very souls of 
> two innocent men destroyed.


Raie:
I suppose it all depends on the delivery and charisma with which 
one presents themselves. I have been in a student-ish role under 
an instructor with qualities very similar to SS, and I pushed 
myself beyond my perceived limitation just to not disappoint him. 
I have the utmost respect for him and his praise, though rare and 
reserved, meant the world to me. No, I don't have mental issues 
(no more than the rest of us here); the entire class felt the 
same way. This approach is has been mentioned before(The Prince, 
no less- coincidence that so many of his actions can be seen in? 
I think not) and is quite effective for earning respect, 
controlling subordinates, and inciting others to excel. I believe 
this is just SS way of challenging the students, to motivate them. 
Nothing brings out one's true potential like adversity.