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

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> zgirnius:
> Which is why in my first post, I stated the assertion that this 
incident 
> is an example of favoring Draco is 'debatable'.
> For all you know, you are right. For all I know, you are wrong. The 
> scene is open to more than one interpretation, because we have, as 
> always, no reliable information on what Snape is thinking.


Potioncat:
If I could remember who first suggested this, I would credit it, but I 
don't. It was quite a long time ago. So here it is anyway. Warning, 
this is from memory. Not too long before the "I see no difference" 
episode, we're told that Quidditch rivalry had reached a new low, and 
jinxes were in great use. Snape refused to acknowledge a Slytherin had 
cursed a Gryffindor girl's eyebrows. He insisted she had tried to charm 
them and done a botched up job of it. 

It's been offered that Snape's, "I see no difference" was his way of 
ignoring this event as well, and was not an effort to insult Hermione. 
(I'm not sure if her umbrage was a surprise to him, or just icing on 
the cake.) 

And yes, Ron's and Harry's detention was for disrepect to him, not for 
the dueling. I think it's noteworthy that he doesn't tack on any extra 
punishment to Harry for the duel. (This is Snape, you know.)


Then, again, perhaps he was only taking the opportunity to force the 
two estranged friends to work together so that they could mend the rift 
in their friendship. He's like that, you know. ;-)