I See No Difference (was Re: Draco is quite the wizard

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 160789

> Pippin:
> In the words of McGonagall, "Do you really think this is about truth
> or lies? It's about keeping your head down and your temper under
> control!"
>
> Do you really think it's about who disrespected who? It's about
> "[Harry] had reached for his wand before he'd thought what
> he was doing."
>
> If Harry's going to duel or disprespect  a teacher, it should be
> because he's decided to do it, *not* because he's lost his temper
> and can't control himself. If Hermione gets hexed it should be
> because she lost a fight, not because she forgot to duck and
> then stood there  snivelling. Strange, how Hermione's punishment
> of Marietta in OOP  is excused because this is war, but
> Snape is not supposed to be the trio's drill sergeant because it
isn't.
>

Charles:
Ah, but you do have to determine when the war started for this
defence of Snape to work. Did it start when Junior broke free of his
father and rejoined He-Who-Must-Be-Bottle-Fed-At-This-Point? When
they captured Moody? Or later, like when Pasty-new-body!Voldie
recalled his (semi)faithful DE's? Yes, Snape knew that Babymort was
growing stronger, but IMO the war had not started yet. Besides that,
his behavior is no different than in previous books.

The fact is that Harry did *not* get off for the duel, IMO. The
punishmnent for the duel was 50 points from Gryffindor. Then he and
Ron got detention besides, for mouthing off to Snape. This doesn't
require anyone to believe in anything but Jerk!Snape, as even the
most devout DDM!Snape would have to admit that Snape's behavior is
quite often unpleasant.

Charles