[HPforGrownups] Reasons for reactions to Snape (was: Reactions to Snape's death)

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 175779

Sherry:
So, we meet Snape in the very first book, and the first thing he does is
start being cruel to Harry, attacking him verbally from the very first
lesson, for no good reason.  He continued to be a jerk to Harry.  Then in
the third book, he was stunningly awful to Neville.  Whether or not he
honestly meant to Poison Neville's pet, the fact that he did give it the
potion, knowing how precious that toad was to Neville was so far out of
line, that no calm different view of the scene will ever change my mind.

montims:
but he KNEW he wouldn't be poisoning Trevor - maybe he was wrong to have
given Neville such a scare, but this is a teacher who could look at any
potion and know from its shade that a student had omitted a particular
ingredient, or added it at the wrong time, or stirred in the wrong
direction...  The potion *would* have poisoned the toad before Hermione
started helping, but I firmly believe that if the potion hadn't been
remediated by the end of the lesson, that he would have given them all extra
homework on why it is important to read instructions, deducted points from
Gryffindor for Neville's abysmal performance, and said something snide about
Hermione not being able to help as well as she had thought she could.  The
threat was enough.


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