Probably not an example: uncountably many fights have the combatants being derrogatory to each other, we can't list them as subversions of this trope. The idea that on some level Snape is helping Harry is speculative but not impossible. It does not equate to a complement though.
Used and subverted at the same time in the sixth Harry Potter, wherein Snape bitterly taunts Harry's pathetic attempts to fight him... Or is he offering constructive criticism that only LOOKS like taunting for the benefit of his cover?
Probably not an example: uncountably many fights have the combatants being derrogatory to each other, we can't list them as subversions of this trope. The idea that on some level Snape is helping Harry is speculative but not impossible. It does not equate to a complement though.
- Used and subverted at the same time in the sixth Harry Potter, wherein Snape bitterly taunts Harry's pathetic attempts to fight him... Or is he offering constructive criticism that only LOOKS like taunting for the benefit of his cover?
- Knowing Snape, probably both.
Edited by Camacan