Snape's Memories

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 184927

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizzyben04" <lizzyben04 at ...> 
wrote:

> > zanooda:

> > I remember once we had a discussion about this, and someone 
> > suggested that Snape did it on purpose, because he wanted 
> > Harry to see the memory to prove to him what a jerk his father 
> > was :-). 
 
> lizzyben:
 
> Or maybe, subconsciously Snape WANTED Harry to see that memory, so 
> he left it out for Harry to find.


zanooda:

OK, maybe, only if subconsciously :-). You see, I think that 
*consciously* Snape believed Harry was as much a jerk as his father, 
so he wouldn't expect him to understand. Snape would expect Harry to 
cheer and enjoy his humiliation, so there was no reason for him to 
want to show the memory.


> lizzyben wrote:
 
> And I really wonder how Snape would've reacted if Harry said 
> some of the things he said in the epilogue to him. It's one 
> of the reasons I felt deprived by the lack of a Snape/Harry 
> confrontation. 


zanooda:

Me too :-)! I can't even say how much I hoped for Harry\Snape  
meeting ;-(. Alas, never happened ...