Nice vs. Good, honesty, and Snape: Was Snape, Apologies, and Redemption

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 153157

Lanval:

> His 'unprofessional behavior' with Snape? Are you referring
> to the  Boggart scene?  If so, all I have to say is this: if Snape 
> hadn't been overcome by  utter disgust upon merely seeing
> Lupin & class entering the staff room, and had refrained from 
> making a gratuitously nasty remark about  Neville, I doubt Lupin
> would have picked Neville as his first example on how to fight a
> boggart. And how would Lupin know that Neville's  worst fear
> would turn out to be Snape? Once Neville revealed this,  there
> wasn't much Lupin could have done.

houyhnhnm:

The suggestion to dress the Snape!boggart up as an old woman came
entirely from Lupin.  And what was he doing taking a class into the
staff room in the first place?  It may not be against policy at
Hogwarts to bring students into the staff room, as it is at my school,
 but I think it would be regarded as a violation of territory by
teachers anywhere. Why not remove the boggart to the classroom? 
That's what he did for the Patronus lessons with Harry.  It's not like
Lupin has any trouble transporting a boggart.  And did he not know
that Snape would be there?  I know when my colleagues have their free
periods and I know where they can be found. The whole thing was a
set-up from the get-go.

Lanval:

> So you think it's fair to judge a person's character by something 
> he did, or rather failed to do, at the age of fifteen?

houyhnhnm:

The child is the father to the man.