[HPforGrownups] Re: Chamber of Secrets and Snake err.... Snape

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 148128


On Monday, February 13, 2006, at 02:54 PM, susanbones2003 wrote:
> > Potioncat:
> >
> > He reacts much the way he will need to for DADA. He is resourceful
> > and while he cannot work a counterspell, he can control the result
> of
> > Malfoy's spell. I think Snape learned two things about Harry's
> > abilities that day: his resourcefulness and his being a
> Parselmouth.

Jen D.
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for bringing Harry's resourcefulness up because it brings to
> mind his last encounter with Snape and how completely outgunned he
> was. No matter what he did, Snape seemed two steps ahead of him. I
> don't know what to give credit to. Was it that he was so completely
> discombobulated by DD's death. I would be too! Or was it that
> Harry's mind is an open book to Snape (If so, that doesn't bode well
> for his next encounter with LV, the world's best legilimens I think
> it is) and so Snape was literally 2 steps ahead or is Snape just
> that good at fighting? If you think it is emotion that kept Harry
> from being more successful at fighting Snape, does Harry have to
> detach himself from the world to do this monstrous task? His
> complete helplessness in the face of Snape was just such a contrast
> from his GOF encounter with LV. It doesn't bode well for another
> physical encounter with Snape. I hope we don't see one.
> Jen D., wondering what Snape has that Lv doesn't...
> >
>
>

kchuplis:

I think it is entirely possible that Harry's mental state, perhaps the
most vulnerable we have seen in all the books has a very bad effect on
his ability here against Snape. I think Harry would have less of a
difficulty with LV than Snape. Yes, Harry hates LV, but he did not know
his parents; not in an intimate manner. He has no real history with his
parents personally. Harry's hate for LV stems from a kind of idealized
idea of what was taken from him. The taking of Albus Dumbledore along
with his history of personal hate for Snape is a very intimate and
immediate kind of hate that is different from his idealized hatred of
LV.