Snape and Harry and expulsion LONG

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 188880


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> Montavilla47:
> I would say that what is doing is pushing his buttons.
> As far as Snape's concerned, Harry doesn't really have 
> vulnerabilities, because he's already managed to built
> some pretty strong walls of hate and contempt.
> 
> And he's just as good at pushing Snape's buttons right
> back.

Pippin:
Hmmm....Snape's references to James don't come up randomly, IIRC. They come up *only* when Harry has deliberately and heedlessly put himself in a Death Eater's range.  Sneaking into Hogsmeade, where Sirius is supposed to be at large. Refusing to let Snape protect him in the Shrieking Shack. Taking on Draco on the train and in the bathroom. Needlessly engaging the fleeing DE's  after Dumbledore's death. Did I miss anything?

The one exception I can think of is at Grimmauld Place, and there it's Sirius who flouted precautions and put himself (and Harry) in needless peril by going to the station. 

I think it comes up when Snape is forcibly reminded that James had been warned that there was a DE in the Order and took no heed. Like it or not, that is part of the chain of errors that led to Lily's death.  It nullified everything that Snape and Dumbledore did to try and save her. IMO, Snape can't stand the thought of Harry repeating that mistake.

That's what's pushing Snape's buttons in these scenes, IMO. It has nothing to do with Harry's emotional vulnerability per se, and everything to do with Snape's. 

I won't deny that Snape gets pleasure out of venting his anger at Harry, but that's not the primary trigger of his wrath,IMO, any more than the opportunity to insult Dudley was the only reason Harry got upset about Mark Evans.

Pippin