I think Snape does respect Dumbledore, but only to a point. I can't imagine him not getting frustrated with some of Dumbledore's sillier habits, and Dumbledore's dubious decisions of the OotP must be setting off alarm bells in the man's head.
But what I think Snape really resents and wouldn't be able to forgive is the way Dumbledore cut his feet out from under him at the end of PoA, when Snape wound up looking crazy in front of Minister Fudge. I can only hope that Snape never figures out just how instrumental Dumbledore was in arranging Sirius Black's escape. knowing that the Headmaster destroyed Snape's dignity to the Minister (and *twinkled* while he did it!) would devestate Snape, especially because he trusts Dumbledore and values the man's good opinion of him.
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Date: 2004-04-17 01:38 pm (UTC)But what I think Snape really resents and wouldn't be able to forgive is the way Dumbledore cut his feet out from under him at the end of PoA, when Snape wound up looking crazy in front of Minister Fudge. I can only hope that Snape never figures out just how instrumental Dumbledore was in arranging Sirius Black's escape. knowing that the Headmaster destroyed Snape's dignity to the Minister (and *twinkled* while he did it!) would devestate Snape, especially because he trusts Dumbledore and values the man's good opinion of him.