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

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 156987

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "P J" <midnightowl6 at ...> wrote:
 >  .  No where does Dumbledore "tweak" McG or Flitwick or any of the 
other 
> teachers but he's *always* doing it to Snape.  The House Cup Banquet, 
the 
> flying car incident, the PoA ending, the "Granny Hat" in the 
cracker... I 
> don't honestly think Dumbledore *likes* Snape!
> 
 

colebiancardi here:  hmmmm, I see your point, but....DD knows Snape - 
has known him since he was a little boy, watched him grow up to be a 
man and knows Snape's faults and quirks.  I think DD teases Snape, 
because he knows that Snape has chosen to live his life in an unhappy 
manner and that he is trying to Snape to lighten up, to not dwell on 
the small stuff.  I think DD likes Snape, but he also knows what 
buttons to push - not that he pushes too many of them with Snape.

McG and Flitwick have never come out "strong" in their opinions to DD 
like Snape has.  Nor are they "hardliners" like Snape - McG puts on a 
good show, but she is fair.  Flitwick is a pushover.  Maybe that is why 
DD never tweaks them like he does Snape.  

cole