Snape ignoring HP blood (was: CHAPDISC: HBP8)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 146596

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> So, yes, I'm still saying that Snape didn't act very nicely at
> all -- that he did something some of us might qualify as sadistic
> (or at least mean) -- but at least, for me, this scenario made it
> less *confusing* why he'd not have looked surprised or mentioned
> the blood.  In Pippin's scenario, Snape already *knew* about the 
> blood before he got to Harry and had made up his mind to ignore it 
> if Harry didn't bring it up.
> 
> If Snape had no inkling of what had happened in advance of meeting 
> Harry at the gate, then his behavior in ignoring the blood is more 
> confusing to me.  If he did already know what happened, then he
> could keep a straight face and wouldn't have had reason to show 
> surprise at the presence of so much blood.

Jen: This is a good catch on Sherry's part, never thought about it. 
Thinking about it now, it could be an even simpler scenario than Snape 
overhearing Draco's bragging: Tonks delivers Harry to the gates and 
has been with him for a long walk to get there. She doesn't advise 
Snape to get Harry to the hospital wing, or that he needs immediate 
medical attention, and she makes no mention of the blood. I would have 
laughed out loud if Snape had shown any concern for Potter like 
siphoning blood off his face when Tonks didn't even bother! So in my 
mind it's not supposed to be as big a deal as Snape's taunts to Harry 
all the way to the castle, which were brutal and uncaring. Harry was 
certainly more concerned about the taunts than the blood.

Jen, who wants to answer more of Sherrie's excellent questions but 
never seems to have enough Potter time anymore. :(