Snape is in the right, though not for the reasons he thinks.
That's a continuing circumstance in the books, though. Snape has Harry dead to rights, though only with half the details right, and then someone like Dumbledore waltzes in and sweeps it all under the rug. It's causing Snape to act more outrageously every time it happens, and it's not doing Harry any favours either.
Really, Harry is often trying to do the right thing, but he's got no sense of consequences because of this constant shielding, and in the end, I think that's what kills Sirius in OotP -- Harry's inability to judge possibly consequences.
Apparently, one can talk to Dementors
It's very odd. Sometimes Dementors are talked about as if they were intelligent beings that can be reasoned with, and other times they're talked about as if they were automata.
In addition to taking obvious pleasure in belittling and endangering Remus, Snape may think he's doing the right thing for the school: This is the only way he can think of to get Remus fired, for everyone's good.
That's my reading of it, and I doubt Lupin could have done much to ameliorate Snape's suspicions of him. Note that Snape works within the rules to get what he wants (by subversion), while Lupin and Black are more comfortable with just ignoring the rules with the understanding that they won't be applied to them. Slytherin vs. Gryffindor mentality? Or the result of Snape being an underdog while Lupin and Black were golden boys?
He seems to gives Lily a chance to save herself. Hm.
Definitely 'hmmm'. Lily has been so little revealed in the books. For all that people tell Harry about James all the time, you'd think James saved Harry, instead of *Lily* doing the actual deed. I suspect we'll learn more about Lily in the next book, but it's not a given that she was nicer than James -- and I think it will devestate Harry to learn that, if he's pinned his identity on her if he rejects James as role model.
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That's a continuing circumstance in the books, though. Snape has Harry dead to rights, though only with half the details right, and then someone like Dumbledore waltzes in and sweeps it all under the rug. It's causing Snape to act more outrageously every time it happens, and it's not doing Harry any favours either.
Really, Harry is often trying to do the right thing, but he's got no sense of consequences because of this constant shielding, and in the end, I think that's what kills Sirius in OotP -- Harry's inability to judge possibly consequences.
Apparently, one can talk to Dementors
It's very odd. Sometimes Dementors are talked about as if they were intelligent beings that can be reasoned with, and other times they're talked about as if they were automata.
In addition to taking obvious pleasure in belittling and endangering Remus, Snape may think he's doing the right thing for the school: This is the only way he can think of to get Remus fired, for everyone's good.
That's my reading of it, and I doubt Lupin could have done much to ameliorate Snape's suspicions of him. Note that Snape works within the rules to get what he wants (by subversion), while Lupin and Black are more comfortable with just ignoring the rules with the understanding that they won't be applied to them. Slytherin vs. Gryffindor mentality? Or the result of Snape being an underdog while Lupin and Black were golden boys?
He seems to gives Lily a chance to save herself. Hm.
Definitely 'hmmm'. Lily has been so little revealed in the books. For all that people tell Harry about James all the time, you'd think James saved Harry, instead of *Lily* doing the actual deed. I suspect we'll learn more about Lily in the next book, but it's not a given that she was nicer than James -- and I think it will devestate Harry to learn that, if he's pinned his identity on her if he rejects James as role model.