Broken potionvial/Is Bella a killer?

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No: HPFGUIDX 163252

> Magpie:
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> In general I agree that we tend to second guess things that are 
presented in 
> a straightforward way. To me the thing about this scene is that it 
either 
> way in this scene it's almost the same--Snape is picking at Harry 
through 
> the broken vial. If someone read it the first time and 
instinctively assumed 
> that the vial dropping was an accident of Harry's I think they'd 
still kind 
> of get the same thing, so I don't think it's necessarily a wrong 
reading. 
> Harry himself doesn't dwell on that aspect of it as much, but 
still thinks 
> Snape's being a jerk.
> 
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Alla:

How can it be the same or as you said almost the same though? I mean 
I trust you of course when you say that it looks almost the same to 
you, but I just do not see it.

I mean, I suppose Snape's underlying jerkiness is the same in 
principle, but the degree of malice is so much more higher IMO if he 
destroys the vial itself. Here we have the teacher who in attempt to 
get back at student whom he already tormented for five years (IMO) 
does not hesitate to destroy his well done work. In other situation 
I totally see how Snape looks much better - since all that he does 
is laugh at something that was Harry's fault ... again. As I said, I 
would dislike that one as well, but I just do not see it comparable 
in the degree of maliciousness at all.

So, yeah, I think that Snape looks much cleaner if he did not do it 
and I actually think that another reason why he did do it is the 
progression of his maliciousness towards Harry, not regression IMO.