Snape as noble sadist/some spoilers for Cold fire trilogy again WAS

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 168375

> Alla:
> 
>>> So, certainly I call it a spark of nobility in sadist. But again, do 
> I apply it for a second to Snape? No way. Why? Because I see no 
> proof whatsoever that Snape just **has to** mistreat innocent kid or 
> die, or do anything like that.

Pippin:
Um, unless you know a cure for sadism, then yes, Snape has to be
a sadist or die. He does not have to perform sadistic acts, but if he
has to punish  someone for non-sadistic reasons then he is going to 
enjoy it. You sound as though you think Snape has a choice about
whether to have sadistic feelings or not, and I don't think anyone
can choose how they feel. Even if Snape hides his feelings with
occlumency they are still there.

So is it noble to have those feelings and not act on them? I
think so. I mean, maybe you can't see the proof that he is not
acting on them, but consider what he *could* do. 

Why take just seven points from Harry in all of SS/PS? Why not
take a hundred extra points for talking back like McGonagall does,
and not even from Harry but from Hermione and Neville who didn't
say anything? 

Not only does Snape not have  a blood drawing quill (despite 
magic for preventing scars), in six years he never once demonstrated
a poison by killing or torturing any live animals in class.
There are all sorts of things Snape could have done to make
Harry's life miserable, and he didn't  do them. Clearly he would
have enjoyed it, so what was stopping him if not self-restraint? 
Barty Jr's example shows he could've gotten away with a lot
more if he'd wanted to.


Alla: 
> That is why I am guessing ( and it is really just my assumption so 
> feel free to correct me if I am wrong) why vampire Snape was so 
> attractive to many people. I mean, really he is **vampire**, he poor 
> dear just cannot help himself, he needs to feed on kids negative 
> emotions or something, so the fact that he does not turn those kids 
> into vampires must mean that he is so very noble.

Pippin:
This just made me smile, it is *sooo* not what I was thinking. I
felt that Vampire!Snape might explain Snape's coldness, Voldemort's
immortality, and offer a reason for Snape to have wanted Lupin's life, or
vice versa.  Oh well.

Pippin