Snape's Psychology: WAS: More thoughts on the Elder Wand subplot - Owner?

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Alla:
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> Petunia after all his rival for being Lily's playmate, etc. I do not like
Petunia, never did for her behavior to Harry, but I do see her as victim here.

Montavilla47:
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Perhaps you would be less sympathetic if she were being eaten
by a snake? Or if the thing hitting her on the head were a glass
of mead?

;-)


Alla:

Somehow I miss your point here. Smiley seems to indicate irony and/or sarcasm, but I really cannot figure it out. Could you help me?

Are you trying to say that it is somehow hypocritical of me to find the person being a victim in one situation and hate the person in many other situations? If that is what you are saying, could you explain why is it hypocritical? Unless the person is a cartoonish monster, even the most horrible person could be in situations where one can feel pity, no?  If this is not what you are trying to say, could you please clarify what you meant?

For example, I hope you do not suspect me of having sympathy for Snape?

And I still think that Dumbledore behaved towards him as bastard when Snape came to him right after Lily died and when Dumbledore insisted Snape to kill him.

Granted this is not a precise analogy, since in this situation I feel at least some sort of sympathy for Petunia, because she did not do anything wrong, but to me it works, because I do not as much feel sympathy for Petunia (some) as find Snape already behaving as sneaky little bastard.

I deeply despise Lucius Malfoy and his wife and their son and I now feel some sort of pity for Draco on the Tower and some pity for Narcissa in book 7.

In short, I would like to know what you meant here if you don't mind.

Alla, puzzled.