Yeah, I'm a bit sensitive about abuse myself, for similar reasons. Same with teachers who use their power to attack people they have problems with.
On a certain level, I can understand Snape's hatred of Harry: "If that brat had never been born she'd still be alive." I think he targeted Neville because he wished Voldemort had gone after him instead.
I'm not excusing either--only an utter douchebag would take out his issues on eleven-year-old kids.
Snape refused to take responsibility for his choices and it ended up biting him in the ass. And yet he kept making those bad choices.
Dumbledore, meanwhile, learned from the results of his bad choices. Same with Harry.
But they say Snape's the only one who does any changing. Yes, because everyone except him is really just pretending to be good--the real people are the ones we see when they're at their worst. Save for Snapeypoo, of course.
Re: Linked from the terri-testing post...
Date: 2009-02-21 10:24 pm (UTC)On a certain level, I can understand Snape's hatred of Harry: "If that brat had never been born she'd still be alive." I think he targeted Neville because he wished Voldemort had gone after him instead.
I'm not excusing either--only an utter douchebag would take out his issues on eleven-year-old kids.
Snape refused to take responsibility for his choices and it ended up biting him in the ass. And yet he kept making those bad choices.
Dumbledore, meanwhile, learned from the results of his bad choices. Same with Harry.
But they say Snape's the only one who does any changing. Yes, because everyone except him is really just pretending to be good--the real people are the ones we see when they're at their worst. Save for Snapeypoo, of course.
*sigh*