Snape flying away

[potioncat]

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> Karen responds
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> Yes he didn't have a lot of success with animals did he. JKR seems to have used that to intensify the readers distrust of him. She taps into the idea that animals sense character as most of the major good characters had their pet or familiar, but Snape doesn't and seems to dislike and be distrusted by all the creatures he comes into contact with. Perhaps they sense his potion-making skill and are just showing a healthy sense of self-preservation :)


Potioncat:
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I think Carol's comment had to do with the error Snape made about dark creatures in Lupin's DADA class. I don't remember now which wee beastie it was. Couldn't have been very important if Snape didn't know much about it. <g>

Fluffy bit him, but that's because Snape didn't know how to calm him. Quirrell only knew because he tricked Hagrid into telling. I've never quite figured out how Snape managed to get out with just a little scrape.

Trevor didn't seem particularly nervous around him--and Snape restored him to his pre-potion health.

Crookshanks is the only other animal I remember being near Snape. It's significant that Crookshanks didn't hiss or complain about Snape's presence--a sign to many of us that Snape was "friend."

Well, there's a certain large black dog that might have given Snape some trouble, but we never actually saw that.