[HPforGrownups] My current opinion of Snape (Longish) / Re: Clues to Snape's Loyalties

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 170850

Leslie41:
Yet Hermione does not seem to hate Snape.  She does not precisely take his
side, but she is able to step back.  In book 1, she speaks approvingly of
Snape's logic, a quality lacking in many wizards.  In HBP she responds to
Harry's loathing of Snape, and his disgust at Snape's first DADA lesson,
with a very intelligent and well-observed commentary on both Snape and
Harry.  

And Hermione's reaction to Snape has always been very balanced and
clear-headed, perhaps far more than he deserves (for who can blame Harry,
really, for hating him?).

That more than anything makes me believe Snape is on the side of the Order.




Sherry:

I see Hermione's support of Snape in a completely different way.  and just
to be clear, I felt this before I was convinced of what a horrible person he
was, inside and out after he murdered Dumbledore.  Hermione strikes me as
one of those people who just blithely believes a person in authority is good
and is right, just because the person is in authority.  I don't get the
impression that she actually *thinks* about whether or not Snape is all the
things Harry believes him to be.  But to her, Snape is a teacher, and
therefore, he must be good and he must be right.  Maybe Harry's reactions
are often emotional and perhaps not always right.  but Hermione appears not
to think at all for herself in situations like this, but just to accept
authority figures on faith because of their position, never really
considering if they deserve that or not.

Sherry