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Teen Severus calls all Muggle-borns but Lily 'Mudblood'. This makes him a horrible person. Ron accepts wizarding prejudices against werewolves and giants but is willing to make exceptions for Remus and Hagrid, which is just fine.

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In HBP, Severus tells Bellatrix that Harry "has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends." Later, after the students have their Apparition lessons, he reminds Ron mockingly that he hasn't learned to Apparate properly yet. Hermione and her way of quoting textbooks has clearly annoyed him since her first year.

What does he mean by all this? Is he really just mocking Harry's lack of talent, Ron's failure at Apparition and Hermione's tendency to take books at face value? Or is there more to it? Does he take an interest in Hermione and Ron for Harry's sake, or for the sake of the cause? Like all the other teachers, he has to be aware of how important those two are to Harry. Is he helping them in any way? Teaching them lessons? Guiding them? Or is he merely extending his dislike of Harry to the two best friends?

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