Snape jumps into self recrimination easily and he's really good at it.

Draco The Reluctant Hero

That take with Rick is interesting. Feel free to run with that. Kind of makes those scenes hilarious in a new way. I was thinking that having been handed everything himself he can't stand the idea that someone who made it on their own may be taking things he thinks he "earned". Some kind of twisted projection of self-loathing.