Headmaster for a day (was Prank WAS :Re: CHAPDISC: DH33, The Princ

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 184959

> Magpie:
> It's wrong, and if Snape had died he would have had some 
> responsibility, but it's not tricking him. Snape has good reason to 
> think that Sirius may have wanted him dead after that, but making it 
> into attempted murder seems like a blatant attempt to gloss over his 
> own behavior, which I think is the thing that most rankles him. The 
> reason he can't forgive Sirius is, I think, not that he tried to kill 
> him, which has some dignity, but that he can't accept and forgive 
> himself for his own foolishness which led to having to be rescued by 
> James. It's the humiliation, not the danger. 

Montavilla47:
I agree.  I get the feeling with Snape that he'd rather be dead than
humiliated.  And you know, we even have a canon incident of Snape
running headlong into danger with a beast he doesn't know how to
handle.  In PS/SS, he goes running into the third floor corridor and 
ends up being bitten by Fluffy.  Later, he complains to Filch about 
"how are you supposed to take care of three heads at once?"

Hehe.  Snape never really learned that lesson, did he?  Of course
what isn't funny is that he went into that Shrieking Shack one 
time too many.

Magpie:
> It's one thing to say "He knew I'd be in danger" when it seemed like 
> Snape didn't know about the werewolf. Knowing that he did know about 
> it, now it begs the question of how Snape himself thought he would be 
> safe against the werewolf. And the only answer is "I didn't know. 
> Just figured I'd handle it." Which has little to do with Sirius. Even 
> if Snape knew the Marauders went into the tunnel (I can't remember if 
> the text makes it clear that he knew that or not) he's left saying 
> that he figured he'd do whatever they did to keep safe, which he 
> still didn't know. A student giving him that excuse today would 
> probably be called a dunderhead.

Montavilla47:
Which makes the parellel to Harry going  the Ministry a lot 
stronger.  Harry didn't have a clue about what he was going to 
do once he got there.  He just wanted to *go*!  He was lucky
to have friends who would go with him to watch his back.

I wonder if this was partly behind Snape's nastiness when
Harry arrived at school in HBP?  It's one of those times when
Snape seems over the top.  It might be that Snape is worried
about Draco, or it might be that Snape is worried about 
Harry endangering himself.  Or it might be that Snape is 
still annoyed at Harry for doing something Snape himself
would have done--with similarly disastrous results.