Originally posted by iluvOriginals
This fits..
But no surety here also..
Well there wont be any surety since our clarifications will be strictly based on assumptions & assumptions dont come with gaurantees but we can try our best.. lets look at this objectively,
1. Snape & McG ofcourse have a lot of respect for each other & have their hearts in the right place, personality wise, McG is out n out good & justified whereas Snape had obvious grey shades.
2. Snape & McG were also competitors as in Head of the houses of Slytherine & Gryffindor respectively , the rival houses & i think there has been more than one occassion wherein the power play ( only head can punish its students) & taunting ( regarding house cup ) were displayed.
3.TT was a privilage that McG provided for Hermoine, a Gryffindor student..moreover with TTs a lot of secrecy & precautions need to be taken care of , the less people involved the better & lesser questions asked.
4.It was necessary to involve Dumbledore ( the head master) & the Ministry of Magic but the same cannot be said about other teachers at Hogwarts, especially the head of the houses & even more so, the head of Slytherine..infact the opposite seems to be true, it was important not to let other teachers know about it & as long as the Headmaster & the Ministry approved ,it seems ethical to do so..the other teachers need not feel offended (like Ron & Harry) about it since TT comes with a lot of secrecy & precautions & if the concerned superiors approved then there shouldnt be a problem regarding the same..
5.Most importantly, it is highly unlikely that Snape would have noticed Hermoine's mysterious schedule since that is McG & Hermoine's business..only other people who might have noticed are ofcourse Hermy's friends & fellow Gryffindor students.. it is also unlikely that Slytherine students might have noticed it since they have only certain classes together , so the news of Hermoine's TT reaching Snape was unlikely..