Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 170226

 
> Dana:
> We do not see the same pallor in his description of Snape in the 
> shack as in the GoF. Snape's face his full of suppressed triumph (pg 
> 263 POA UKed). Snape's eyes were glittering but in GoF it is 
> mentioned that his eyes glittered strangely and that he looked 
> slightly pale (pg 619 GoF Uked). Snape eyes browse are described as 
> gleaming frantically in PoA and when he faces Sirius it is hard to 
> say which face showed more hatred. His demeanor in PoA is nothing 
> like that in GoF <snipping>

colebiancardi:

of course it isn't the same.  I don't think anyone disagrees with the
fact the PoA!Snape was on a roll to get Sirius & Lupin.  GoF!Snape is
a totally different person.  He now is back in the saddle with his
mission as a spy for Dumbledore at the end.
 
> 
> Dana: 
> Snape uses an insult that only hurts the people it's referring to and 
> did Lily do anything that granted such an insult.  

colebiancardi:

And that to me, means he isn't a bigot.  I've called people names (not
lately, LOL) out of anger and to hurt their feelings.  However, it
doesn't mean I am a bigot and quite frankly, when I was a teen, some
of the name calling I did, I am ashamed of.  But I grew up; learned to
argue without name-calling.  Hating an individual IS NOT the same as
being a bigot or racist.  

I see nothing in Adult!Snape that tells me he is a bigot.  Nothing. 
Any "werewolf" terms he used for Lupin was out of hatred for one
person - Lupin.  I have never read him spout out pure-blood nonsense
as an adult - and he does grade fairly, regardless if muggle-born or
not.  He picks on both pure-bloods(Neville & Ron) with the same
intensity as half-bloods or muggle-borns (Harry & Hermione).  

colebiancardi