Evil Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 154505

Alla:
> > Um, I am sure there can be found some incidents in canon where 
> > Ron and Hermione let Harry down, but I would argue that yes, on 
> > the big scale they never did.
 
Pippin:
> Ron's jealousy in GoF was a big deal, in fact prior to OOP lots of
> people were saying it proved Ron could not be trusted and he 
> would betray Harry to LV. Hermione let Harry down when she ratted
> him out about the Firebolt (the least she could have done was
> let him know what she was going to do) and he was upset enough
> about that to drop her. It may not seem like a grand scale thing
> to us, but Harry certainly thought so. 
 

SSSusan:
It's awfully late to post on this, but I did have a thought here as I 
try (yet again!) to catch up around here.  Disclaimer:  I am still 
struggling with the new Yahoo!Groups setup, so while I *think* I've 
checked the thread to make sure no one else has mentioned this, I 
sure do find it hard to follow threads through now.  Grrrr!

Pippin gave a couple of examples of Hermione & Ron letting Harry down 
in "grand scale" ways.  To those I'd also add Hermione's handling of 
the setup of Dumbledore's Army.  I believe she REALLY handled that 
poorly, where Harry was concerned.  She knew she was making it a much 
bigger group than she'd led Harry on to believe, and she also didn't 
prepare him at all for what she planned for that first gathering in 
the Hog's Head.  It's like she knew what SHE wanted, and she didn't 
really care whether it's what Harry was comfortable with or wanted or 
not.  

She had her reasons for doing it as she did, but I think the simple 
truth is that she believed that Harry didn't know what was best and 
that she did.  I find that obnoxious & arrogant, myself.  Some 
listees may agree with her, but in terms of how **Harry** felt, I 
think he did feel quite let down by her.  He was ANGRY with her in 
the Hog's Head, and I think he actually felt somewhat betrayed by 
what seemed to him as her conning him or setting him up.  Or at least 
that's how I read the scene.

Whether in the end it all worked out okay or not, in the MOMENT I 
think Harry really did feel let down by her.  I would have felt the 
same.  Hermione really put him in an awkward position, and he was 
forced into doing/saying things he really did not want to.  I'd have 
felt let down as well.

Siriusly Snapey Susan