Different values of Snape/ Re: House elves

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No: HPFGUIDX 181050

> zgirnius:
> That is your opinion. However, Snape is shown in the books as very 
> knowledgeable in Potions. He can loook at a potion, see it has the 
> qrong color and consistency, and know not only that it has been 
made 
> wrong, but at which step the student went wrong and how. (The 
scene 
> you mention contains an example - Snape knows what Neville has 
dene 
> wrong in making his potion. There are others.)


Alla:

Ooooooo. Snape. Is he or is he not that is the question. LOLOLOLOL. 
Boy would you believe it feels like a new topic to me, almost among 
elves and elves and elves. :) But yeah, sure he is shown as very 
knowledgeable in Potions and he still feels a need to say what he 
said.



Zara: 
> It follows, that when Snape fed Neville's potion to the toad, he 
knew 
> it was a properly made Shrinking Solution, so he knew all he was 
> going to be doing is demonstrating the effect of the correctly 
made 
> potion.

Alla:

And he still felt a need to say that he will poison the toad.
 
> We have no way to know, other that our own guesses, what Snape 
would 
> have done if Neville had not, by whatever means, fixed the potion.
>

Alla:

No, we do not, I agree with you completely. It is unprovable either 
way. What is provable to me is that Neville is scared out of his 
mind. What is provable to me that the teacher felt it is possible to 
threaten student with the death of his beloved pet. I find it 
despicable as always, but yeah, I know that WW does not seem to be.

Carol:
<SNIP of the whole post basically>
May I ask what you think would have been accomplished by Snape's
actually poisoning the toad? Surely, that would not have accomplished
his stated goal of getting Neville to understand the subject and
follow directions.

Alla:

My answer to this is and always was that I have no idea what would 
have been accomplished. In fact, I would say that nothing rational 
would have been accomplished at all, BUT of course I do not consider 
Snape as exercising any amount of rational thought towards Neville 
especially.

He after all takes a point from Harry for NOT helping Neville and 
from Hermione for helping Neville. I think it shows that he does not 
give a flying fig about Neville's performance and just wants to see 
him scared and upset.

So, no surprise here when I say that I think Snape behaves here as 
irrational sadist. Yeah, strictly my own personal opinion which I 
know WW does not agree with me on.