The Boggart incident (Was: Nice vs. Good, honesty, and Snape)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 153269

> Carol: 
> Snape, who thinks logically but is not good at empathizing with other
> people, would, I am sure, expect Neville's Boggart to be one or more
> DEs based on his knowledge of what happened to Neville's parents. I
> think that he remained in the staff room, knowing that Lupin intended
> to teach a lesson on Boggarts, specifically for this reason. 

a_svirn:
I think you give Snape entirely too much credit here. First of all, 
there is absolutely no evidence in canon that he concerns himself with 
students' (and more specifically Neville's) peace of mind. Quite the 
contrary, as far as we can see. Second, even if he did, in this 
instance there were much less elaborate (not mention less humiliating 
and embarrassing for Neville) ways to achieve such an objective. 
Absolutely no need to insult Neville for the umpteenth time in order 
to save him from a terrible vision of a Bogey Death Eater.