OFH SNAPE was: Script from JKR's reading/ About Snape and Dumbledore

Renee vinkv002 at planet.nl
Tue Aug 15 10:47:57 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 156947

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marion Ros" <mros at ...> wrote:
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><snippage>
Marion:
> And then there is the Wolfsbane. Is it just me, or do others on this
list also want to *kick* the werewolf for being so incredible cruel to
Snape with that potion? Snape once, as a boy, nearly died because of
an werewolf attack. An attack by Lupin, in fact. The only way he and
the children in his care are safe from Lupin is by brewing a difficult
potion. So he brings it and wants to see Lupin drink it. It's only
after Lupin drinks the stuff that he can feel safe. And Lupin *knows*
this. And then Lupin plays his little 'oh, just put it over there,
I'll drink it later' games.

<some more snippage>
Lupin sits there, smiling, knowing full well that Snape won't sleep,
won't feel *safe* if he doesn't know for sure that Lupin drank that
blasted potion.

Renee:
Are you suggesting Snape is *afraid* of Lupin until he's drunk his
Wolfsbane Potion? But if that's the case, then how do you explain
Snape's actions in the Shrieking Shack? If making Lupin drink his
potion was so all-important to him, he wouldn't have wasted precious
time acting out his revenge game on Sirius in the Shack. 

What I see in the scene with Harry is a man trying to assert his hold
on someone who depends on his goodwill. But Lupin doesn't play along.
And I don't see why he should - it wasn't his fault that he nearly
killed Snape. I could see Lupin reason that if he meekly consents to
do what Snape tells him, it might leave Snape with the impression he's
admitting his guilt. And as he doesn't like Snape, he's not going to
please him. Also, if you're dependent on medicine, it both galling and
humiliating to have someone you don't like tell you to take it and
actually trying to supervise you doing so. Especially before a witness
who also happens to be a student of yours. 

Renee  

     







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