Snape and Draco again was I see no difference

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 160915


> wynnleaf
> I'm curious as to *why* people think this was such an insulting
> comment.  In other words, why was Hermione so hurt by it? 

Potioncat:
snipping the excellent summary

Had the reader ever been told Hermione didn't like her teeth before 
this part? I knew--vaguely---that her hair is frizzy and her teeth 
are prominent, but I'm not sure if that's large or protruding. It 
seems she fixes her teeth that very day, yet Ron doesn't notice until 
after the Yule Ball (I think) So---how bad were they? 



> wynnleaf:
snipping again 
> See what I mean?  Someone with very yellowed, ugly teeth -- far, far
> uglier than Hermione's doubtlessly pearly white teeth -- would
> probably never even know that Hermione considers her regular teeth 
too
> big, and *Certainly* Snape wouldn't think they were ugly.  So where 
is
> the supposed impact -- in *Snape's* mind -- of the insult?  

Potioncat:
I've thought that he said it, not an insult to Hermione, but to imply 
Draco had not cast a hex. Just as in the earlier  mentioned 
confrontation between members of the Gryffindor and Slythterin 
Quidditch teams.

Another possibility does present himself. (I'm a Snape fan, but he's 
no saint) How long ago was the ferret incident? How humiliating was 
that for Draco, and is Draco sensitive about his ferret-like looks? 
So was juvenile!Snape getting a lick in for Draco?

Potioncat, yes, yes, I know---I'm arguing both sides. Sort of hard 
not to with an ambiguous guy like Snape.