Snape as Neville's teacher and noble sadist

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:
> 
> I certainly think that Snape has a choice whether to show sadistic 
> feelings or not, that is why no, sorry not buying his nobility. I do 
> not think that Snape cannot control himself, I mean if he gets his 
> kick of imagining innocent kids suffer, go to dungeons and do it 
> there. 

Pippin:
Oh, I see. You'd be okay with Snape if he had to hide what he is?
Like Lupin?   If I'm representing your position correctly,  I don't think 
JKR is with you there.

 Anyway, if Snape was made to feel once again that he is not welcome 
in decent society, despite that his students have a better than average 
pass rate and that he conducts himself as well on the whole as other 
respected teachers do, it would be hard to blame him if he did go 
back to the DE's. At least they wouldn't make him feel like a freak.

> 
> Alla:
> 
> What's stopping him if not self restraint? Well, for once it could 
> be that he and Dumbledore had the monthly chats and no matter how 
> disgusting I find Dumbledore not interfering in how Snape already 
> behaved towards Harry and Neville, maybe Snape knows that there is a 
> limit to DD patience and if Snape will use blood quill, he will 
> interfere?
> 
> I mean, there is no reason why DD would be able to have chats with 
> Dolores dear and legilimence her, but Snape sounds like very likely 
> candidate to me.

Pippin:
Um, Dumbledore eats at the staff table most days, and sees his
teachers there, and chats with them if he wishes, and anyway, 
Snape is such a good occlumens that he's capable of hiding
all sorts of things from Dumbledore if he wants to, right?

Alla: 
> Besides, maybe Snape sees with what he does **already** he frightens 
> these kids enough - he is Neville's boggart, etc, so why do 
> something else if he is getting his kicks already?
> 

Pippin:
So then, he's not sadistic? Because if he's satisfied with the same
amount of distress from the kids as the other teachers, then he's
no more abnormal than they are.

Pippin