Snape ignoring HP blood

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 146674

 

Alla wrote:

I snipped a lot, because that is my main point - I don't think that 
Snape CAN be confident that Harry does not need medical care at all. 
IMO of course. He does not just have a tricle of blood on his face, 
his whole face is bloodied. I think Snape should have checked, but 
of 
course he is Snape. It is just I cannot help but be amazed every 
time 
I see the new evidence of his cruelty.(IMO of course) I am just 
wondering how far he can go. I stated in my previous post that I 
believe that as of right now Snape does not want Harry dead ( and I 
do 
NOT think that he has altruistic reasons of course. But I obviously 
just speculating here), but in my speculative opinion if Harry 
experiences any kind of suffering less than death(or something that 
can lead to death as Crucio), be it physical or emotional, Snape 
will 
not do anything.
 
Julie:
As others have mentioned, Harry wiped some of the blood away, and it was
dark outside despite the meager lantern light. I'm not disputing Snape might
have seen that Harry's face was bloodied (if no longer bleeding). But we now
have canon that Snape is something of a healer himself. I see no reason why
he couldn't have immediately assessed that Harry was not seriously injured.
And after Harry arrived in the Hall, it's not as if any other teacher rushed
up to him and sent him to the hospital wing to be checked out, so there's no
indication anyone else thought he was seriously injured.
 
Looking at it another way, what if someone else had met Harry? Let's say 
McGonagall met him. What would she have done? I imagine she would have 
commented on Harry's face in a similar manner to Ron ("What happened to your
face Potter?") Despite Harry's implication that he didn't reveal what happened
to Snape because it was *Snape*, would he have been any more willing to reveal
what happened to another teacher? He can't very well say "Draco stomped on my
face" without McGonagall wanting to know more. And once Harry tells McGonagall
he was hiding under his invisibility cloak listening to Draco's private 
conversation, much of McGonagall's sympathy would be gone, and she'd lecture
Harry.
 
I do think McGonagall would have let (or ordered) Harry to clean himself up
before going into the Hall, but I don't see that she would have done anything
else differently than Snape did, including sending Harry to the hospital wing
unless there was further evidence of injuries mentioned by Tonks or Harry.
 
Still, it all comes down to "you say tom-a-to, I say to-mah-to" when it 
comes to Snape, doesn't it? Whether you see him as primarily motivated 
by hatred of Harry and a desire to see him suffer, or by a desire to 
prepare Harry for his confrontation with Voldemort by any means possible
including stamping out all arrogance Snape perceives in the son of his
hated enemy. Whichever way you view him, it's natural to intepret his
actions to support that view. 
 
Which is why I do think while Snape has little concern for Harry's minor
injuries and emotional hurts, he would get him to the hospital wing if he
had any belief Harry might have more serious injuries (not just if he was
in danger of dying). 
 
Julie


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