would you consider snape a bad guy? Options

[maxis.m1028]

Would you consider snape to be bad? He did help Harry and was truly faithful to the order but he was really rude (being the nice way to put it) to harry , sirius, and all of the gryffindors. The part that i remember most is when malfoy tries to curse harry but it hits hermione instead causing her teeth to grow and when harry shows snape he says he sees no difference. EVIL!

[Grubbly-Plank]

I think that Snapes attitude towards Ron, Hermione & Neville was totally out of order. It seems that they were treated in that way simply 'by association' (with Harry). His attitude towards Harry in the beginning was, maybe, understandable, he did after all look so much like his father, a face he hated. But as time went on I don't think Snape can be blamed that much for how he felt towards Harry, because at this point Harry was not only giving him a load of back chat but his attitude toward him was just as arrogant and overbearing as his fathers had been and I think that that made matters much worse. If Harry had behaved with Snape the way he behaved with other teachers maybe Snape would have come to see more of Lily in him and less of James and their relationship could have been a little more 'respectful' towards each other. It's a shame really because Snape could have taught Harry so much, he was an incredibly powerful wizard. Good or bad? Maybe, misunderstood, insecure, heartbroken and unloved?