First lesson WAS: Re: Marietta, was Slytherin's Reputation

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 185831

> > Magpie:
> > I honestly think that the big issue in the first Snape/Harry 
scene is 
> > that Snape really does hate Harry and that comes through loud and 
> clear 
> > to Harry. It's not, imo, just that Snape chooses to ask Harry a 
> > question and put him on the spot, or even snarks at him for being 
a 
> > celebrity. 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Do you think Snape had been hating Harry all these years since 
Lily's 
> death--and was prepared to keep hating him?
> 
> I can imagine he may have resented the fact that Harry--who was the 
> reason Lily died---had survived. But I'm not sure I can understand 
that 
> he was prepared to hate the boy on sight.
> Would Snape have reacted the same way, do you think, if Harry had 
> looked more like Lily?

Magpie:
I think he may have hated him as an abstraction already. But when he 
showed up looking like James he reacted with hatred, however he'd 
felt before that, and that kept on going. I think it's quite possible 
he would have reacted differently if Harry had looked more like Lily. 
I suspect he still would have sent out some kind of personal vibe, 
but it might not have been so easily correctly identified by Harry.

-m