Calling Tonks Nymphadora (Re: The nature of Patronuses (Patroni?))

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 152107

> houyhnhnm:

> I saw it as a way of putting her in her place, establishing himself 
in a one-up position.  

Steven1965aaa:

I just see this as a manifestation of Snape's nasty personality.  He 
has a knack for finding someone's weakness and then just repeatedly 
drilling in on it.  For example, constantly reminding Sirius how he 
can't leave the house and help, calling Ron the boy who can't 
apparate, saying "I see no difference" regarding Hermione's "teeth 
extensions", his digs to Harry re: his dead father, goes without 
saying re: Neville.  This is just another example --- he knows Tonks 
doesn't like her first name, so he makes sure to use it; he sees what 
he perceives to be a weakness in the form of the new patronus and does 
not fail to mention it.