2xSnape,

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
h of his information is useless.  
> 
> Snape, as the one who has left Voldemort forever, now has a big 
> honking target on him.  Snape is NOT a coward.  Remember Fluffy?  How 
> many people do you know would try to get past a three-headed dog 
> without knowing the secret of how to do it safely?  Plus he was going 
> after a werewolf when he was sixteen, and he followed the trio to the 
> Shrieking Shack to protect them from Sirius Black (misguided, sure, 
> but still brave) and then he was trying to protect Harry and Hermione 
> from the dementors afterward.  We've never seen Snape look afraid of 
> anything except Dumbledore's wrath, and that's even supposed to give 
> Voldemort the willies.
>
	Actually, Snape did look a wee bit scairt ("slightly paler than 
usual") as he left Harry's bedside in GoF ch, 36. And Harry thinks 
Snape's a bit scared of Moody, too. Gof ch. 14. But I agree with you, 
he's no coward. 

Pippin