Snape fulfilling his life debt

[fyredriftwood]

No: HPFGUIDX 42383

The brilliant Darrin wrote:

> Snape certainly held off Quirrell's curse, but Harry was not 
removed 
> from danger until Hermione did her hotfoot routine, so at the very 
> most, Snape only gets an assist.
> 
> If Snape has a real life debt, which I view as a kind of magical 
> covenant with James and his line, this doesn't seem to satisfy it. 
> 
> Darrin
> -- If you say you're evil, chances are you aren't


This has nothing to do with Darrin's post in the sense that it 
replies *exactly*, but I needed to reference someone so I could post 
my thoughts on this topic, but from a different angle ::smirk::


Snape has gone out of his way time and time again to save precious 
Harry Potter from mortal peril. We've seen him stand up to Sirius 
Black in an attempt to save his life, as well as considering that 
Potter wasn't the one to petrify Filch's cat in book 2. There's other 
instances with Snape performing a counter curse in book 1 so that 
Harry wouldn't fall off his broom, and much much more!


It seems to me that for someone who "doesn't like Harry" that he 
seems to save him quite a bit. He may be hard on Potter time and time 
again, but I think he uses his bitterness as a way to save face. Like 
everyone else in the Potter World, Snape has a soft spot for Harry 
Potter---it's just deep, deep, deep inside.

--Fyre Wood