Hermione and her parents redux WAS: Re: Wizarding Top Ten

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 188140



> Alla:
> 
> Yes, I know and disagree with this one, heh. Snape may have teaching Harry, or he may have taking the possibility to engage his abusive tendencies towards the boy whom he hated till he died. <snip>

Carol responds:

Snape could easily have cursed Harry, even Crucio'd him, but instead he parries Harry's spells with with words that can only mean "You'll never beat me in a duel until you learn to use nonverbal spells and learn Occlumency." Harry, of course, is too angry and hates Snape too much to learn the lesson. Only at the end of the duel, after Harry taunts him one time too many, does he use a Stinging Hex or something similar to punish his insolence and ingratitude as well as Disarm him.

Carol, who thinks that under the circumstances Snape, who *saves* Harry from a Crucio and gets the DEs safely away from him, showed remarkable restraing