I don't mean to be "letting him off the hook" when I say that part of it is an honest attempt to be friendlier. I don't think the two things are mutually exclusive, especially to someone who used to pal around with James and Sirius, where an obnoxious tweak here and there was probably part and parcel of the way they inter-related.
He used to pal around with James and Sirius who used to bully Snape. In this case should we be grateful he doesn't go as far as calling Snape "Snivellus"? Nothing else he has done indicates respect. Not that Snape is much better the way he won't address him as anything but "Lupin" but at least "Lupin" indicates some distance while "Severus" is a forced intimacy. And since our Remus is so set into proper address he could try calling Snape "Professor Snape" first.
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Date: 2004-05-08 11:40 am (UTC)He used to pal around with James and Sirius who used to bully Snape. In this case should we be grateful he doesn't go as far as calling Snape "Snivellus"? Nothing else he has done indicates respect. Not that Snape is much better the way he won't address him as anything but "Lupin" but at least "Lupin" indicates some distance while "Severus" is a forced intimacy. And since our Remus is so set into proper address he could try calling Snape "Professor Snape" first.