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This!

I'm not sure why people fault Snape for refusing to teach Harry Occlumency (and I've noticed that some do). I mean, all right, he might've done better, but the fact remains that:

1- Harry invaded his privacy. And no, that wasn't justified in the slightest (Don't get me wrong. Harry's one of my favorite characters. But he's also done some not-so-cool things, which shouldn't be overlooked).

2- Harry wasn't learning his lessons properly, despite Dumbledore's injunction that he should.

The memory Harry had witnessed was very personal and painful for Snape. I've even found people arguing that he'd wanted Harry to notice it because he'd left the Pensieve out in the open.

Did Snape have to insult Harry during the lessons? No.

But is he a bad person for not having continued to teach someone who clearly wasn't interested and disrespected his instructor's boundaries? No.

A take: The best metas about HP characters come from fans of said character precisely because of how much they’re invested in them. Criticism doesn’t follow the same linear logic though: the Snapedom has spot on criticism about the Marauders but the hardcore Marauder fandom can’t bring themselves to atleast be neutral on Snape and accept the flaws of their faves.

Regulus Black is the highly discounted Severus Snape. In fact he’s best compared to a much braver Narcissa/Draco combo. But, some will say Snape “bullied kids and did a one off brave act, but Regulus was the kid that slipped through the cracks.”

Yeah I’ve read the books too, but people like the “brave Slytherin DE switched sides” only when it fits their cookie cutter view of them.