Snape ignoring HP blood (was: CHAPDISC: HBP8)

[dumbledore11214]

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>Pippin provided this thought:
> >>>I'm sure Draco couldn't wait to tell his buds what he'd done to 
> famous Harry Potter, and Snape had already heardl about it by the 
> time he met Harry at the gate. But I wonder if anyone else believed 
> Draco at first. Leaving blood on Harry's face for all to see would 
> certainly lend credibility to Draco's story, and Snape would 
> certainly think Harry deserved some embarrassment, to say the least, 
> for having been so foolish.<<<
> 
> SSSusan again:
> Now, I think that's a fascinating take.  STILL doesn't mean Snape 
> wasn't just being sadistic, of course, but at least it goes a little 
> further towards explaining what he might have been *thinking.*


Alla:

Right, I was supposed sign off fifteen minutes ago and I am still here 
and this is all your fault :-)

I am not sure I follow ( and I realise you agree with Snape as sadist 
line of thought too, or at least you find it possible, right?), so I 
guess I don't follow Pippin.

So, suppose Draco TOLD his buds what he did to Harry. Which I am not 
convinced in the first place, since that would mean a punishment for 
Draco, IMO. In any event that would mean that Harry is lying there 
with broken nose and with blood possibly going down his throat. Unless 
Snape knows that Harry is HEALED, whether Draco told his buds what he 
did or not, is IMO irrelevant. What am I missing?

How knowing about Harry's predicament from Draco makes Snape less 
sadistic or not sadistic?


Alla