"He’d always wanted Snape to see him, really him, not just some copy of his dad"
It's interesting that most fanfic-writers go the road that as soon as Snape stops seeing the resemblance to bully!James he'd instantly like Harry for himself. Neglecting, that while Snape might have started out loathing him as James2.0, Harry soon gave him lots of reasons to dislike Harry for being "just Harry"! The constant lying, rule breaking, cheating, stealing from him, invading his privacy, physically attacking him... And all virtually going unpunished or made to take responsibility for thanks to AD's need to raise himself an utterly reckless, impulsive saviour without a shred of common sense or rationality - all the better to manipulate. >_< Add in that Harry never expressed any hint of appreciation for Snape's efforts to keep him safe even pre-Dumbledore-killing-shock and I really wouldn't be surprised if Severus disliked Harry "as Harry" even without James' spectre. I've seen that problem sometimes touched upon in gen-fics, but somehow never in Snarrys.
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Date: 2008-04-02 06:02 pm (UTC)It's interesting that most fanfic-writers go the road that as soon as Snape stops seeing the resemblance to bully!James he'd instantly like Harry for himself.
Neglecting, that while Snape might have started out loathing him as James2.0, Harry soon gave him lots of reasons to dislike Harry for being "just Harry"! The constant lying, rule breaking, cheating, stealing from him, invading his privacy, physically attacking him... And all virtually going unpunished or made to take responsibility for thanks to AD's need to raise himself an utterly reckless, impulsive saviour without a shred of common sense or rationality - all the better to manipulate. >_<
Add in that Harry never expressed any hint of appreciation for Snape's efforts to keep him safe even pre-Dumbledore-killing-shock and I really wouldn't be surprised if Severus disliked Harry "as Harry" even without James' spectre. I've seen that problem sometimes touched upon in gen-fics, but somehow never in Snarrys.