Victory for TEWWW EWWW?? Snape the hero

[prep0strus]

No: HPFGUIDX 174282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Grant" <trog at ...> wrote:

> And the whole time, the ungrateful little rule-braking, glory-hound
> brat not only wouldn't show him any simple respect, but actually kept
> calling him out as one of the bad guys!
> 
> Certainly reason to be a little snippy....
> 
> DG
>

Prep0strus:

But not to Neville. Or Hermione.  Or any of the other students he
treated cruelly because he was that - a cruel person.  And he used to
BE one of the bad guys.  You can't get too mad when people make
assumptions about you that were once true.  You kind of have to
realize that it's part of your penance for being evil that you're not
gonna be Mr. Trusted in the future.  I just don't think switching to
the good guy team actually wipes his slate clean from being a nasty,
cruel-to-children, unfair git.  I think it goes a long way towards
rectifying the evil he surely did when he was a death eater.  But 11
year old kids had nothing to do with that.  Grow up and let it go, or
accept that you're gonna be a friendless loser who is constantly under
suspicion.  I think we forget that Snape is an ADULT.  We look at the
kids and pick apart their flaws - and the marauders as kids.  But
Severus, no matter everything he's gone through, is a grown-up, and
maybe he should act like one.  I think it's telling that he can change
enough to be so 'brave' in his workings against voldemorte, but
doesn't change an iota in his actions towards those that are under his
power.  I don't think Snape is that strong or that great because his
nature towards others remains as cruel and spiteful.  He redeemed some
of the likely great evil he did as a death eater.  But we're still
excusing flaws in him that are much greater than those in other
characters that people harp on.  Even if Harry is everything you say
he is, and you're certainly welcome to that opinion... Snape should
pick on someone his own size.

~Prep0strus (Adam)