WORD CUBED.
He was going to poison a kid's pet in front of the entire class. If a teacher pulled that crap at any of the schools I've been in, that would have been more than enough to get his ass hauled in front of the school board, reprimanded, then fired with a permanent black mark on his reputation.
And then he PUNISHES HERMIONE FOR SAVING THE TOAD'S LIFE.
That scene was Snape at his most sadistic--right up there with his clearly looking forward to poisoning Harry just so he can watch him writhe around on the floor a bit before saving him... and giving him a zero on the assignment. Snape may have done the right thing in the end, but he was a seriously messed-up individual.
I can't help wondering if the fandom would take that scene so much in stride if Trevor had been a puppy. |